Ahmednagar: A part of India is still living in medieval era and the girls are the worst victims of the rampant superstition prevalent in those areas.
A shocking incident has come to light from Maharashtra where a 2-year-old girl was forcibly “married” to a deity and after 11 years she has given birth to a baby girl.
The victim delivered the baby girl in October this year.
Police has now launched a hunt to nab the man who sexually assaulted the minor girl. They are also investigating the role of maternal grandmother of the victim who allegedly forced her to become a murali – a girl child devoted to Lord Khandoba.
The girl was rescued by the police and is currently residing at a rescue-home.
The girl was reportedly staying secretly, on her grandmother's advice, with her daughter away from the village on a hill in a shanty. Villagers noticed the girl and the daughter after she returned to her grandmother's house.
In Maharashtra, childless couples pray to deity Lord Khandoba for a child promising that if they are ‘blessed' with children the first child will be devoted to his worship. A boy devoted to Khandoba is called Waghya while a girl is termed Murali.
The grandmother, police said, had made such a wish for her daughter and when the first child of her daughter, victim, was born she made up her mind to give her away to Khandoba.
When she attained the age of 10, she was made to stay with a waghya – considered to be her husband on behalf of Lord Khandoba.
