Jalandhar Minor Rape Case: 15-Year-Old Gives Birth, Zero FIR Filed Against 16-Year-Old Boy

A 15-year-old girl has delivered a baby in Jalandhar, months after she was allegedly raped by a boy in Amritsar, police said on Thursday.

The Class 9 student has been living with her aunt in Jalandhar for the past seven months, said the aunt WHO filed the complaint of rape to the police.

When contacted over the phone on Thursday, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Phillaur, Bharat Masih said, “We have registered a zero FIR in the matter as the alleged rape took place in Amritsar.” He said the accused is 16-years-old.

The victim’s aunt said in her complaint that a month and a half back, the teenager complained of abdominal pain, due to which, she was taken for a checkup to a private doctor in Jalandhar’s Nurmahal. The doctor prescribed some medicines, she said.

On April 19, the girl complained of severe abdominal pain, after which she took the teenager to a private hospital in Phillaur in Jalandhar. The doctor there referred the girl to another hospital, where she was told that she was pregnant.

Later, she gave birth to a baby in the hospital. When the girl’s aunt asked her about her Pregnancy, she said that a boy in Amritsar who lived in her locality had raped her, the complainant said.

A police station under Jalandhar Rural police jurisdiction has registered a zero FIR in the matter and the boy has been booked under relevant provisions of the POCSO Act and the BNS on April 20, police said.

A zero FIR is an FIR that can be filed in any police station, irrespective of place of incident/jurisdiction and the same can be later transferred to the appropriate police station.