Horrific! 24-year-old rape survivor performs self abortion after watching YouTube videos

The victim claimed that her lover, who works as a driver, forced her to abort the child as he was already married with a son.

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old woman performed an abortion on herself after watching few Youtube videos. The woman, who is a rape survivor, performed the abortion procedure at her home in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, when her family members were not at home. The young woman delivered her child in the seventh month of pregnancy, following which her lover buried it.

According to the reports, the victim was allegedly raped by her lover more than 50 times since 2016 at different places. The police on Thursday said that the accused, identified as Sohail Wahab Khan, has been arrested by the Yashodhara Nagar police. 

Additionally, the victim claimed that her lover, who works as a driver, forced her to abort the child as he was already married with a son. The accused asked the woman to follow the steps shown in the YouTube video to detach the fetus from the body by cutting the cord. In the process, the woman risked her life by cutting the cord with whatever equipment she could manage in her home and kitchen.