Bhopal, February 18: A woman ┬аhas got her husband arrested for trying to hush up the rape of their 10-year-old daughter in a village near Manawar.

The alleged rapist, an 18-year-old cousin of the child, and his father have been arrested as well.

The girl was raped on Tuesday evening. She had gone to a shop with her father and stopped at her uncle's house to watch TV on the way back, reported Times of India.

Her father left her there and went home, barely┬а100m away. When the child returned home, her parents were shocked to see bloodstains on her clothes. When they asked her what had┬аhappened, she described the rape by her┬аpaternal cousin.

Instead of going to the police, the girl's father┬аspoke with the father of the alleged rapist and┬аthe three of them decided to cover up the sexual assault and cooked-up a story about the girl getting injured by an iron rod lying on the floor. ┬аGujarat Shocker: Two Men Booked For Raping Minor Multiple Times in Surat

Doctors at Manawar Civil Hospital, however,┬аweren't fooled and informed police although the men had allegedly threatened the girl and her mother to go with the accident story. Police┬аarrived, spoke with everyone and went back,┬аsaying they couldn't do anything without a┬аcomplaint. ┬аTamil Nadu Shocker: Man Kills Son-in-Law, Tries to Fake It As Electrocution; Arrested

The girl, however, was bleeding profusely and┬аher health was worsening. She was referred to┬аBarwani district hospital. When she was being┬аtreated there, her mother approached police┬аand filed a complaint against the trio.

Police immediately booked the cousin under┬аPocso Act and the two fathers under IPC for┬аhiding evidence, Manawar subdivisional police┬аofficer Dhiraj Babbar said. All three were┬аproduced in the court, which remanded them┬аin jail.

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