An Indian teenager cut off a man's penis after
he allegedly tried to rape her for a second time.
The 17-year-old girl from the northern state of
Bihar was defending herself against the
unwanted sexual advances of Mahendra Mehta,
a local "tantric healer" who is also reportedly
her uncle.
Her courage has been praised by police who are
still hunting Mehta, 35, who was reportedly sent
to the girl's home by her family to 'cure' her
after she fell ill.
According to the Times of India, Mehta
diagnosed her as being demonically possessed
before taking her to an isolated room where he
tried to sexually assault her. When she protested
he allegedly gagged and raped her on 1 July.
The following day, he asked her to come to his
house but she was armed with a sharp knife and
a mobile. She castrated him while recording his
conversations before managing to escape, the
paper reported.
Senior officer AK Singh said Mehta had not tried
to heal the girl, but had instead abused his
position as a member of the family and her
trust.
The girl had complained to her local village
council but was unable to deal with the incident.
Singh, who is superintendent at the Alam Nagar
police station, located around 200 miles east of
the state capital, Patna, told The Independent:
"The incident happened 20 days ago. Initially
the girl went to the [village council] but when
that was unable to resolve the matter the case
was brought to me. We then filed a case at the
women's police station."
Latest figures reveal 478 reported rapes
occurred in the first five months of this year in
Bihar, with 130 rapes in May alone.
The offence comes just weeks after a seven-
year-old girl allegedly was raped by her
neighbour, also a tantric, in West Bengal.
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