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A 15-year-old girl from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, who escaped her stepfather’s abuse, suffered a heartbreaking ordeal in Jaipur, where she delivered a stillborn baby, police said. . The minor, originally from Gorakhpur, had run away from home approximately a year ago due to escalating abuse and domestic tensions at her place. She boarded a train to Ajmer, where, sitting alone at the railway station, she was approached by a man identified as Krishna

“Exactly a year ago, the girl fled from her stepfather’s house. At Ajmer, she was sitting aimlessly at the railway station when one of the accused, Krishna, approached her," a police official stated. Promising her safety and a place to stay, Krishna took her to Jaipur.

According to the police complaint, the girl was first raped by Krishna in DecemAccording to the police complaint, Krishna raped her in December 2024. He later took her to Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh, but they returned to Jaipur in January after locals grew suspicious of their relationship, noticing the stark age gap. Back in Jaipur, the girl said Krishna’s friend, Bacchan, repeatedly assaulted her.

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Eventually, the girl reached out to someone she knew in the city and found temporary shelter with a local family. But on September 21, she was gripped by severe abdominal pain. The family rushed her to Janana Hospital, where she tragically gave birth to a stillborn girl.

On Tuesday, the family who took her in accompanied her to Karni Vihar police station, where she filed an FIR against Krishna and Bacchan. Police visited the alleged crime scene on Thursday. “Different teams are working to arrest the accused. The case has been registered under sections of POCSO and BNS and is being investigated by an ACP level officer," authorities told Times of India.

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Both suspects remain on the run while police said that the investigation is ongoing.