Quack repeatedly rapes mentally-ill girl in Hardoi, held

LUCKNOW: A 40-year-old quack repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl, who was suffering from a mental ailment, for three months under the garb of treatment in Hardoi and even got an abortion done when she became pregnant. The girl’s family was completely unaware of her ordeal till they took her to a neuro physician who informed them about the rape and abortion.
Moreover, when the girl’s father went to lodge a complaint, he was turned away by police officials who told the family to resolve the issue at the village panchayat.
The quack, Mohanlal was booked and arrested on Tuesday when the survivor and her family went to meet the district magistrate who talked to SP Hardoi on whose directions police registered a case.
Hardoi police registered a case of rape against the quack and his son and arrested them from their residence.
The survivor’s father, a resident of Mallawan area of Hardoi, told TOI over phone that his 14-year-old daughter was suffering from a mental ailment. He took her to a quack, Mohanlal in the neighbourhood in January who had assured to cure her.
“Mohanlal claimed to be an expert in treatment of mental ailments with Unani medicine. He called my daughter to his clinic for several days for the treatment and used to rape her. When she got pregnant, he also got an abortion done,” the complainant added.
“I got to know about the rape and abortion in March, when a relative told me to take my daughter to a neuro physician in Hardoi. The doctor called a psychiatrist for her assessment. During counselling sessions, my daughter revealed her ordeal following which the doctor told us about the quack raping her repeatedly and getting her abortion done,” complainant told TOI.
“When I went to lodge a complaint, I was turned away from police station and told to resolve the issue in local panchayat. The panchayat also did not do anything for a month. When we got the medical reports, I approached officials who referred my complaint to district magistrate,” he added.
Hardoi SP, Alok Priyadarshi told TOI, “The accused quack, Mohanlal has been arrested on the charges of rape and also booked under protection of children from sexual offences act. His son has also been detained since the survivor’s father has alleged that he also raped his daughter, but we have still not been able to ascertain his involvement. So far, no laxity of local police has come to the fore.”