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A young woman who was allegedly raped repeated by a godman for the past three years, chopped off his genitals with a knife before he could do it one more time.
The 54-year-old named Sreehari, is also known as Ganga Shashwatapada Swamy. The swamy who is from an ashram is Kerala’s Kollam district has been admitted to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.
The woman complained to the police that she was the repeated of repeated sexual assaults by the man for the past three years, since she was a minor. On Friday, when he attempted a fresh assault, she sliced off his genitals with a sharp knife. The attacker was later taken to the hospital by the girl’s family.
A case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) has been registered against the man. The victim’s mother has been taken into police custody as well as she is believed to have worked in connivance with the godman.
The Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has come out in support of the young woman saying, “It was a courageous step, no doubt about it.”