Nagpur: A 24-year-old rape survivor performed an abortion on herself, including snapping the umbilical cord, guided by YouTube videos, at her residence in North Nagpur. The woman was alone at home as her family had gone to Mumbai when she delivered the stillborn fetus in the seventh month of pregnancy. The fetus was buried by her paramour, who is already married with a son from his second wife. In her statement to the police, the rape victim said her paramour had forced himself upon her on more than 50 occasions since 2016 at different places. The paramour, Sohail Wahab Khan, is now in custody of Yashodhara Nagar police station after being arrested on charges of rape on Thursday. When she became pregnant, the woman was forced to abort by Khan, a driver, citing his inability to marry her immediately as he was already married with a son. Police said the woman was told by Khan to follow the steps shown in the YouTube video to detach the fetus from the body by cutting the cord. The woman is learnt to have risked her life by cutting the cord with whatever equipment she could manage in her home and kitchen. Though…
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