13-year-old boy forced to change sex, gangraped

A 13-year-old boy was forced to change his sex at a locality in Delhi’s Geeta Colony by six men who later went on to gangrape the minor on multiple occasions over months. Delhi Commission for Women received a complaint over the incident following which an FIR was lodged.

The minor boy, Shubham (name changed), met the accused in Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar area about three years ago at a dance event. The accused befriended the boy at the event and took him to Mandavali promising to teach him another dance.

Shubham then went on to dance at events and was given some money. He was told by the accused that he would have to continue to dance to earn a living.

Shubham told the police that he was given intoxicating substances by the men. Later, they forcefully performed a sex change surgery on him and was also given hormonal medicines, which made him look like a girl over time.

The accused and his friends then allegedly repeatedly raped him and even brought customers who would sexually exploit him at several occasions. Shubham has further alleged that he was forced to beg at traffic signals as a eunuch.

Shubham was also threatened with his life and the accused had said that his family would also be harmed if he tried to act against them.

◗ SHUBHAM (NAME CHANGED) told the police that he was given intoxicating substances by the men. Later, they forcefully performed a sex change surgery on him.

◗ The accused and his friends then allegedly repeatedly raped him and even brought customers who would sexually exploit him at several occasions.

Later these men brought a friend of Shubham to the den. In March 2020, during the Covid-19 lockdown, Shubham and his friend managed to escape and reach his mother. She got both of them to put up Shubham and his friend at a rented place.

But soon the accused men got to know about their whereabouts and reached the house where Shubham and his friend were living. They vandalised the house and took away both of them along with the family members. The four accused again took turns in raping both Shubham and his friend.

A few days later, the two children again managed to escape the ordeal and reached the New Delhi rail station where they hid for a whole day. A lawyer then spotted the two of them and took them to the Delhi Commission for Women.

Police have now filed a case against the accused with charges under Sections 377, 363, 326, 506, 341 of IPC and provisions of the POCSO Act.