Kakinada:A 17-year-old girl is admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Visakhapatnam in an unconscious condition following brutality by in-laws, police said on Tuesday.
Police said that the girl is unable to speak and her limbs are twisted after she was subjected to inhuman treatment by her in-laws.
The victim was lured in the name of love, forced into marriage, and later pushed into a prostitution racket, they said, adding the incident has come to light in Peddapuram, Kakinada district.
According to police, the girl a resident of Anakapalle district, was allegedly lured by a man named Chandu from NTR Colony, Peddapuram.
"Believing Chandu's deceptive promises, she left her home to be with him. Her parents searched for her and eventually sought help from the Anakapalle district police. Upon tracing the couple, police arranged a meeting with both families. The girl had married Chandu and upon learning this her parents felt helpless and shocked. She then started staying with her in-laws in Peddapuram," police added.
According to the police, once the girl started living at her husband's house, she was allegedly forced into prostitution by Chandu's aunt Neelima for financial gain.
Sources said that when the girl resisted, she was subjected to relentless torture and was drugged repeatedly. Police said that as the girl's health deteriorated, her in-laws admitted her to the Government General Hospital (GGH) in Kakinada on December 28, 2024.
On January 10, 2025, the girl’s parents took her from the hospital. She was moved to VIMS, Visakhapatnam, on January 20 and was later shifted to a psychiatric hospital.
Peddapuram Police Station Senior Inspector Mounika said, "We have registered a case based on the complaint filed by the victim's mother on January 26 and a probe is underway."
