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15-yr-old gang-rape survivor delivers premature infant
KURUKSHETRA : A 15-year-old gang-rape victim has given birth to a premature female infant at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash government hospital here, but police are yet
KURUKSHETRA : A 15-year-old gang-rape victim has given birth to a premature female infant at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash government hospital here, but police are yet to arrest three of the five people accused of sexually assaulting her about seven months ago.
The girl gave birth to the baby on Monday morning. According to doctors, the infant is being kept in the intensive care unit of the hospital because she is in a critical condition. They said that though her chances of survival are bleak, the baby will be referred to PGI Chandigarh for further treatment.
The girl was allegedly gang raped by five people while she was playing by herself at a city park. The matter came to light only about a week ago, when the victim – a Class 10 student of a local government senior secondary school – fell unconscious in the classroom.
The teachers then alerted the special cell of the women and child welfare department.
Speaking to Hindustan Times, Kurukshetra protection-cum-prohibition officer Savita Rana said: “The school authorities told me that a girl fell unconscious at the school, and they need the department’s help in this regard. I met the girl and recorded her statement.” Following this, police booked the suspects under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
