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Delhi – Doctors in India fought on Friday to save the sight of a
seven-year-old girl who was raped and then suffered eye damage in order to
Failing to identify his attacker, police said.
The police have arrested a
21-year-old man from the assault in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.
The boy was attracted to a
abandoned house while playing with friends on Wednesday night, senior police
Official Hemant Chauhan told AFP.
He was found there with her.
tied hands and serious eye injuries.
The suspect, who lived nearby and
He was arrested Thursday, he has admitted to the crime, Chauhan said.
“The defendant pressed his
very hard fingers in the girl’s eyes. Doctors are doing everything possible to save.
the eyes. We are hopeful, “Chauhan said.
‘Vil and disgusting’
Swati Maliwal, chief of the Delhi
Commission for Women called the attack “vile and unpleasant”.
“I demand stronger
punishment against these monsters, “Maliwal said on Twitter.
The attack came after four men.
They were hanged last month for a notorious Delhi gang rape in 2012.
That case unleashed public anger
on rampant sexual violence against women in India, and the introduction of
tough new laws to punish rapists.
Almost 34,000 violations were reported.
in India in 2018, according to official data. Madhya Pradesh had the highest
number of any state with 6 500.
But the figures are considered
the tip of the iceberg, with many more victims too scared to show up.
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