Deaf Girl Raped by 3 Deaf Men in Udaipur
A Deaf woman was allegedly raped in the Udaipur district of Rajasthan by 4 people.
On 21 October 2022, a 22 year old Deaf woman was found roaming around the streets of Udaipur, Rajasthan. People then informed the police and then took her to a shelter home. She tried to escape the home by jumping a wall but hurt her leg. The police then took her for a medical examination at MB government Hospital. That’s when doctors found that she was four to five months pregnant. The police then got a Sign Language interpreter. Ramsumer Meena (man), SHO, Hiran Magri Police Station contacted the family. The woman does not have a father, the mother works as a domestic worker. Meena said when the police contacted her mother, they learned that a rape case had already been registered at another police station in Udaipur district. The family had said a blind man had raped the girl and tried to misguide the police. When a Sign Language interpreter was brought, the Deaf girl revealed that she was raped by 3 Deaf and 1 hearing. The police officer said that the family knew that the woman had been raped but kept the incident a secret for the last five months fearing retaliation. Because of this, the woman was living apart from her family. DNA tests are going on and the investigation is going on. After this, a case was registered on October 23.
