a staggering 96.5% of rape offenders in India are known to their victims as per the 2021 report of the National Crime Records Bureau. That is a distressingly high number, which indicates that how close to home the danger is for India's Children. Tragically, Bona was not to know this that day in August 2021 when she left her 10 year old daughter, Neha, with her relatives in KHI in Jaan while her mother was out looking for work. The accused lured the victim to his home with sweets and chocolates and then raped her. He was someone known to the family, someone who Neha called Mama after this heinous crime. Puna received no help from her family members or other Villagers. But she was determined to get justice for her daughter, and she filed an F I. R. In the local police station. But she didn't know what to do after that, and that is when the support person from the Saar Children's Foundation reached out to her to guide her through the legal process. The courts found the accused guilty and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. The foundations support person had also filed for financial compensation and linked the family with sponsorship schemes that were vital for Neha's medical treatment. Subsequently, interim compensation compensation. Uh, Neha already had a history of epilepsy, which was only worsened by the mental and physical trauma of sexual abuse. Currently, she's critically ill. The road to recovery for Neha is long and painful, and justice and compensation together may help her recover her health. But for the shattered family and the traumatised child, what can never come back is the childhood that is lost forever.
