DELHI: A teenage rape victim in Delhi took her parents to the police for allegedly taking bribe from the accused to compel her to change her statement in court.

The girl approached the police with INR500,000 she believed her parents had accepted from the accused as advance payment, Hindustan Times reported.

MN Tiwari, deputy commissioner of police (outer) said the victim’s parents have been booked under the Juvenile Justice Act and for criminal intimidation, threatening someone to give false evidence and criminal conspiracy.

“We arrested the girl’s mother. Her father is on the run. We are also looking for the people who were facilitating this crime,” Tiwari added.

The teenager went missing on August 30 last year, following which a kidnapping case was registered.  She returned home a week later claiming two men, including a local property dealer had abducted her.

She recalled that she was taken to multiple places here she was repeatedly gang raped before being let off. The police registered a case of gang-rape against her complaint and arrested the two men, who were recently let go on bail.

“Some people known to the accused had approached her parents and offered INR2 million to get the girl change her statement in court. Recently, they had given INR500,000 cash as advance payment. The girl was aware of it,” said an investigator.

The girl stood strong against her parents’ constant coercion to withdraw her statement.

“On April 10, her parents were away in court when the girl decided to report the matter to the police. She knew that the money was hidden under the bed. She picked up the cash and without counting it, reached the Prem Vihar police chowki,” said the officer.

The girl was handed over to the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), which sent her to a children’s home.