INDIA: A six-year-old girl is raped and critically wounded inside a public toilet in New Delhi after locals find her with a slit throat
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INDIA: A six-year-old girl is raped and critically wounded inside a public toilet in New Delhi after locals find her with a slit throat
- Title: INDIA: A six-year-old girl is raped and critically wounded inside a public toilet in New Delhi after locals find her with a slit throat
- Date: 27th April 2013
- Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (APRIL 27, 2013) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC) BOARD READING 'PUBLIC TOILET' POLICE OFFICIALS INVESTIGATING THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATING OFFICERS COMING OUT OF THE CRIME SCENE OFFICIALS LEAVING (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) RELATIVE OF THE VICTIM, JITENDER KUMAR JHA, SAYING: "The girl used to go for a daily bath in that public toilet. She also went today. After some time people came to our house to tell us that the girl is lying in the toilet with injuries on her neck. When we went, we saw her lying on the ground with a slit throat and she was naked." POLICE OFFICIAL CORDONING OFF THE CRIME SCENE MORE OF THE CRIME SCENE CORDONED OFF CRIME SCENE (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE (ACP), AJAY CHAUDHARY, SAYING: "We have rounded up 22 suspects. They are alcoholics and drug addicts, who have some past criminal record. All of them are being questioned. Soon we will identify the culprit and he will be arrested." POLICE OFFICIALS SURVEYING THE AREA EXTERIOR OF THE HOSPITAL BOARD READING 'TRAUMA CENTRE, AIIMS' (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) SURGEON AT THE AIIMS (ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES ) TRAUMA CENTRE, VIPLAV MISHRA, SAYING: "The girl had an incised wound on her neck showing that someone tried to slit her throat with a sharp object. It was a very deep wound, her wind pipe was just saved, we could see the windpipe and deep structure inside. The neck muscle was also damaged. There were four to five incisions. I had to take out a segment of skin to repair the damage. It was a long and tedious process. Fortunately she has survived and I think that after the sexual assault, there was also an attempt to murder the child." MOTHER OF THE VICTIM CRYING (FACE PIXELATED) MORE OF VICTIM'S MOTHER CRYING
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- Location: India
- Country: India
- Topics: Crime
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- Story Text: A six-year-old girl was brutally raped and then had her throat slit in New Delhi early on Saturday morning (April 27), after locals found her with injuries to her neck and genitals.
The crime comes only days after the rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi sparked a huge public outcry and re-ignited the demand of capital punishment for all rapists.
Saturday's incident happened in Badarpur district, on the outskirts of New Delhi. Family members of the victim said that the girl went to the public toilet for her daily bath but they were soon informed by locals that she was lying in a pool of blood.
"The girl used to go for a daily bath in that public toilet. She also went today. After some time people came to our house to tell us that the girl is lying in the toilet with injuries on her neck. When we went, we saw her lying on the ground with a slit throat and she was naked," said Jitender Kumar Jha, a relative of the victim.
The police were quick to seal the crime scene and detained 22 suspects with past criminal records in the region.
"We have rounded up 22 suspects. They are alcoholics and drug addicts, who have some past criminal record. All of them are being questioned. Soon we will identify the culprit and he will be arrested," said additional commissioner of police, Ajay Chaudhary.
The girl was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) trauma centre, where she underwent an emergency surgery.
The victim's surgeon, Viplav Mishra confirmed wounds to her genitalia and said that the wounds on her neck were severe enough to confirm an attempt to murder the child.
"The girl had an incised wound on her neck showing that someone tried to slit her throat with a sharp object. It was a very deep wound, her wind pipe was just saved, we could see the windpipe and deep structure inside. The neck muscle was also damaged. There were four to five incisions. I had to take out a segment of skin to repair the damage. It was a long and tedious process. Fortunately she has survived and I think that after the sexual assault, there was also an attempt to murder the child," said Viplav Mishra.
Earlier in December public outrage over the fatal gang rape of a woman in New Delhi in December forced the government into passing a new, tougher law to punish sex crimes and hold police and hospital authorities more responsible. This includes sentences of up to two years in jail for police officials if they fail to register a complaint.
Brutal sex crimes are common in India, which has a population of 1.2 billion. New Delhi has the highest number of sex crimes among major cities, with a rape reported on average every 18 hours, according to police figures.
One in three rape victims in India are children, according to UNICEF. Child sex abuse was only outlawed last year under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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