An eight-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two boys at a village in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, police said on Wednesday, 12 June.
The incident occurred at Mahraul village under the jurisdiction of Sarai police station, 60 kms from the district headquarters, on Tuesday, 11 June and the two minor accused were detained on Wednesday.
“The girl had gone to bathe at a water body in the village when the two boys sexually assaulted her. On reaching home, she complained about health problems, after which her parents took her to the district hospital,” district superintendent of police Abhijeet Ranjan told PTI.
Kotwali police station in charge Manish Tripathi told The Times of India that at first, her parents could not understand what exactly had happened to her. They assumed that she must have been bitten by some insect while taking bath.
“The girl was first taken to community health centre in Sarai, then she was referred to district hospital for treatment. It was at the district hospital that the survivor narrated her ordeal when the doctors and nurses asked her,” he added.
Her medical examination has confirmed that she had been sexually assaulted, police said. The girl is being treated at Singrauli’s Nehru Hospital, TOI reported.
"A search was conducted and the two boys, aged 14 and 15 years, were detained," Ranjan told PTI, adding that they have been charged under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
(With inputs from PTI and The Times of India)
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