Teen Allegedly Held Captive, Raped For Months To Deliver Baby For Childless Couple

A teen girl in India has been found unconscious on a roadside after she was allegedly held captive and raped by a man for months to deliver a child, police said.

The unidentified girl from Nagpur, a city in the central Indian state of Maharashtra, was found unconscious last week on a road in Ujjain, a city around 320 miles away from her home.

The 19-year-old girl regained consciousness Thursday, around five days after she was found abandoned. The victim told the police that a childless couple bought her for money, kept her in confinement for around 16 months while the husband raped her. The teen girl was thrown out by the couple after she delivered the baby for them, The Times of India reported.

Based on the victim's complaint, the police have registered a case against five people including the couple.

The police have identified Rajpal Singh, from Ujjain, as the prime suspect who allegedly raped the girl after buying her from a human trafficker. The girl has identified the human trafficker as a woman known as Chanda.

Singh's wife could not bear a child and the couple was desperate for a baby after their two kids died around 15 years ago, the victim said in the complaint. The victim was unaware of the couple's plan and told the police that she was promised a well-paid job when she was brought to Ujjain. The girl said she was initially kept in Singh's sister's house and later taken into the couple's house, where the rape continued.

After the girl became pregnant, the couple reportedly took care of her and even drove her to medical checkups, but they made an effort to hide her while she is in the vehicle. Meanwhile, Singh's wife reportedly staged that she was pregnant and convinced the neighbors, Hindustan News Hub reported.

When the teen went into labor, she was admitted to a hospital under Singh's wife's name, where she underwent a caesarian operation. The couple took away the baby and dropped the victim on the roadside. The victim has contracted an infection post-delivery, police said.