INDIA
Arab News
AFP | Published — Friday 17 March 2017
NEW DELHI: Two nuns and a priest accused of covering up the birth of a baby born to a teenage girl who was allegedly raped by another priest have been arrested in India, police said Friday.
All three handed themselves in to police in the southern state of Kerala where they were being questioned over allegations they deliberately hid the birth at a hospital run by the Catholic church and took the baby to an orphanage.
Under Indian law, hospitals and orphanages must report all teenage pregnancies and births to authorities.
They surrendered two weeks after Robin Vadakkumchery was arrested on charges of raping the 16-year-old, who gave birth in February.
Six more people believed to have helped the victim give birth are still on the run.
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