16-year-old raped by superintendent in Andhra shelter home
A 16-year-old inmate of a state-run shelter home in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati was allegedly raped and thrashed by superintendent Batyala Nandagopal for four years. She claimed he molested several girls and offered them unripe papaya as a precautionary measure against conception. She revealed the ordeal to the Child Welfare Committee upon being transferred to another shelter home. 