"Told Daddy, 'Don't Do This'": Hyderabad Teen's Horror Story At Home

It took courage for Srujana (name changed) to speak up against the man she called 'Daddy'. Eight years ago, he had married her widowed mother and virtually adopted Srujana and her sister. In April, after the 13-year-old had her first periods, he sexually assaulted her when her mother was away at work. He told her if she told anyone, he would not look after them anymore. The Class 8 girl says she was too scared to tell her mother.