New Delhi: An 18-year-old girl is battling for life after being raped repeatedly by different men for the last six months. The girl has been admitted to Delhi’s Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital with severe injuries all over her body and doctors say her condition is serious.
The girl has told the police that she was trafficked from West Bengal last year and was taken to Rishikesh, Haridwar, Manali, Mangaluru and other places where she was raped by different men.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, an NGO, Shakti Vahini, had received the information about the girl’s trafficking in April but they were not able to locate her. It was on Monday that Kolkata Police informed Shakti Vahini that she was admitted at uru Teg Bahadur Hospital.
“The girl lies in a critical state, unable to make use of her lower limbs. The victim has reported about sexual abuse and multiple sexual assaults over the last six months. She has also reported about her being used in prostitution rackets,” the daily quoted president of Shakti Vahini, Ravi Kant, as saying.
The NGO has helped police identify the main accused who first lured the girl out of Kolkata and pushed her into a prostitution racket. The main is a history sheeter of the area and has been arrested by the police.
A team of Kolkata Police is on its way to Delhi to record the victim’s statement and take her back to Kolkata for further action in the case.
(Agencies)
