Dehradun, June 6 -- A deeply disturbing case of child abuse has surfaced in Haridwar, where police arrested a woman, her lover and her friend for allegedly gangraping the woman's 13-year-old daughter. The mother, a former office-bearer of the BJP Mahila Morcha, is accused of actively facilitating and normalising this sexual abuse.
According to Pramendra Dobhal, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Haridwar, the woman had been living apart from her husband following a domestic dispute. While their son remained with the father, the daughter stayed with the mother, who was in a live-in relationship with her partner, identified as Sumit Patwal.
The matter came to light when the minor visited her father recently. Concerned by her unusual sile...