12-year-old from Uttarakhand gives birth to child of rapist, infant dies

On Saturday night, a 12-year-old from Thakur Nagar locality in Rudrapur in Udham Singh Nagar was rushed to JL Nehru district hospital after she complained of stomachache. An examination revealed she was seven months pregnant and the doctors attending on her termed her stomachache as labour pain. Soon after, she delivered a baby girl, who died because of premature delivery. The minor, in a critical condition herself, revealed she had been raped by her neighbour a few months ago.