Indian father chops off hands of teenager who raped his 8- month-old daughter (photos)

The father of an eight-month-old rape victim
allegedly chopped off both hands of the 17-year-
old accused in Punjab's Bathinda district, India on
Tuesday, April 19.
Parminder Singh had allegedly raped the man’s
7-month-old daughter in April 2014 and was
arrested and arraigned in court. The victim's
father and the accused, who were neighbours,
met in court for the hearing yesterday and after
that, the victim’s father reportedly asked
Parminder to reach a compromise and accompany
him on his motorcycle to the village.
When they reached near Jhumba village, he
allegedly tied the teenager to a tree and
attacked him with a sharp-edged weapon. Besides
inflicting injuries on his head and other parts of
his body, the man chopped off both his hands,
said police.
Some villagers rushed Parminder to the Bathinda
civil hospital, where his condition was stated to be
critical. Dr Ajay Gupta, who treated the victim,
said both his hands were chopped off and cops
brought the limbs later.
"He (the father) took him near a dried up canal,
beat him up badly and then tied him to a tree
and finall hacked his hands off. There is nothing
below the wrists now," Swapan Sharma, a police
officer of Bathinda, told AFP by telephone.
"Locals alerted the police and we rushed to the
spot. We picked him up, his hands, and took him to
the hospital," Sharma added.
According to Indian Express, the mother of the
baby had allegedly found the accused molesting
her child in April 2014. Police registered a rape
case and the teen was sent to a juvenile remedial
home pending trial.
The police said a case of attempted murder has
been registered against the victim’s father, a
brick kiln labourer, who fled after the incident.
Source: Indian Express/Hindustan/AFP