New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl attempted suicide yesterday after being allegedly gang-raped by eight men, four of whom are known to her. She is in ICU in serious condition, the family said.
Three of the accused have been arrested, police said. The girl, who was abducted on March 15 by the men and released after nine days, consumed an overdose of sleeping pills in the morning at her house in Farsh Bazar area in east Delhi. She is admitted at the Hedgewar Hospital. The victim’s family has complained of police apathy in the case. Police had failed to act on the rape complaint, but were forced to do so on the orders of the Karkardooma court, which the family approached on April 9 after police reportedly took no action on their complaint.
The 13-year-old victim and her 12-year-old brother were abducted by two men known to her on March 15 from outside her house at Farsh Bazar area in east Delhi and taken to Loni in the city outskirts. There six accomplices of the two abductors joined them and raped the girl in a house, a police officer said. The boy was released the next day.
Police arrested three accused — Deepak, 21, Ranjeet (20) and Sohan Lal (24) — yesterday. Police claim that the father approached police after she went missing. The girl’s mother said that her daughter returned home after nine days on March 24. However, police failed to act on the missing person complaint and conduct a search for the girl. The family then went to the local court on April 9 which then ordered police to lodge a rape case. A search is on to nab the other accused, the officer added. IANS
