- By Anushka Vats
- Wed, 27 Sep 2023 05:08 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
One accused has been arrested for raping a 12-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh, NDTV cited a state minister as saying. The minister also informed that a Special Investigation Team has also been formed to look into the matter. The development came hours after a video of the girl seeking help on the streets of Ujjain city went viral on social media.
Reportedly, the minor girl was found bleeding on September 25 on a street located under the Mahakal police station area. After she was taken to the hospital, it was confirmed that she had been raped.
"A girl, aged around 12 years, was found bleeding on a street located under the Mahakal police station area in Ujjain on Monday. She was taken to a hospital, where her initial medical examination confirmed that she had been raped," Superintendent of Police (SP) Sachin Sharma had said, earlier in the day.
"The girl is possibly a resident of Uttar Pradesh. She neither possesses any identity card, nor is she able to tell her name and address to the police properly," he informed.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath demanded that the victim be given a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore and that the accused in the case be given the strictest possible punishment.
"It is heart-wrenching to see the case of extremely cruel rape of a little girl in Ujjain. The kind of heinous crime committed against the 12-year-old daughter and the way she ran around in many areas of the city in a semi-nude condition and before falling unconscious on the road, puts humanity to shame," Nath said on his official X account on Wednesday.
(With inputs from agency)
