The 14-year old minor dalit survivor is a resident of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh. The accused is from uppercaste, named Vipin Rana. He met the survivor through Facebook and started chatting with her consistently. After a few days both of them started speaking over the phone. The accused, Vipin Rana had promised the minor girl that he would marry her and lured her into meeting him 3-4 times at the hotels in Saharanpur. He raped the survivor multiple times with a fake marriage proposal. He later started blackmailing the survivor, and forced her to meet him outside Saharanpur where he raped the survivor along with his friends.
On 28June 2020, the accused, Vipin Rana called the survivor saying he uploaded her videos and pictures on social media platforms and also sent the same to her. These pictures and videos were taken without consent of the survivor. He also threatened the survivor that he would kill her if she speaks up. Then he started demanding rupees 70000/- from her and threatened to harm her family members and her furthermore.
The survivor immediately informed her parents about the incident. After a lot of hard work and intervention of activists, an FIR was registered against Vipin Rana for sexual assault and caste atrocity.
Artist: Samata Kala Manch
