In a horrific story that has come to light in Maharashtra's Beed district, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by 400 people over the past six months.
The was allegedly sexually exploited even by a policeman when she tried to file a complaint. She is now two months pregnant.
News agency ANI has reported that police have arrested 3 people in the case.
The survivor's story is gut wrenching. According to the complaint lodged by the minor girl, she lost her mother a couple of years ago. Her father then arranged her marriage around eight months ago. However, she was allegedly beaten and ill-treated by her husband and in-laws.
She ran away and came back to live with her father, who, however, told her to return to her husband's home. The girl then took to begging at a bus stand at Ambajogai in Beed district. This is when she began to face sexual exploitation, she had told cops.