Patna: A girl in Bihar chopped off the genitals of a rapist after he attempted to rape her again.
The wounded accused has been absconding since the incident and police are conducting intensive raids to arrest him.
The incident took place at a remote village in northern Bihar’s Madhepura district in early July but was reported to the police on Thursday (July 31) and a case was formally registered.
Reports said the victim had suddenly fallen ill on July 1 after which her mother hurriedly consulted an “exorcist”, Mahendra Gupta. The “exorcist” told her that her daughter had come under the influence of some supernatural power and that she required an immediate cure.
He took the girl in an isolated room in his house, where he allegedly raped her then threatened her with dire consequences if she reported the matter.
Nobody suspected the accused since he was a close relative of the victim. The girl also did not reveal it to anyone fearing social stigma.
Reports said the accused visited the victim’s house again the very next day and asked her come to his house. Before going to his house, however, the victim secretly carried a sharp knife and cellphone with her to record his conversation.
The moment he tried to rape her, she took out the knife and chopped off his genitals. Subsequently, she fled the scene as the accused lay in a pool of blood, writhing in pain.
The girl brought the matter to the notice of the local village court but, as it allegedly tried to hush up the case, she finally reported the matter to the police.
The incident is reminiscent to another in the 1990s, when a Dalit girl bit the genitals off then Janata Dal lawmaker Yogendra Sardar when he tried to rape her in his farmhouse in Supaul district, close to the Madhepura district.
The victim had then fled the scene, giving slip to the lawmaker’s guards while the accused fled to Nepal to escape arrest.
