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Lab technician held for raping HIV-positive minor
The New Indian Express Anantapur
|January 22, 2025
RAYACHOTI police have arrested Vijay Kumar, a lab technician working on a daily wage basis at the government hospital in Rayachoti, on charges of raping a 16-year-old HIV-positive girl, resulting in her becoming seven months pregnant.
The victim, a 10th-grade student, was a regular patient at the hospital, where she received treatment for HIV.
This story is from the January 22, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Anantapur.
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