Hyderabad, May 15 -- Three people were sentenced to jail by a Fast Track Special Court for Rape and POCSO cases in LB Nagar after they were found guilty of raping and forcing abortion on a 16-year-old girl, police said on Friday, May 15.

The survivor's mother had separated from her husband and was working as a maid. While at work, she would leave her children in the care of her mother at Abubakar Colony, Kothapet.

This is when a resident of the same colony, Mohammad Azeem, 25, who works as a mason, repeatedly forced the minor to have sexual intercourse with him.

He has been sentenced to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 22,000.

The other two accused, Mohammad Haleem, 31, and Jameela Begum, 60, were found guilty of threatening ...