Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 10 (PTI) A 13-year-old girl was repeatedly sexually assaulted and impregnated by a close relative, also a minor, police said on Tuesday.
The girl is seven months pregnant and the police were informed by a doctor to whom the parents had taken the child after she complained of physical discomfort.
A senior officer of the district said that the boy was apprehended on Monday, produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and then handed over to his mother.
The officer said that it was a case of repeated instances of sexual assault which led to the girl becoming pregnant.
The girl, a resident of Aryanad, and the 17-year-old boy, an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) student, are close relatives, police said. PTI HMP KH
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