Pal said the victim's wounds were healing and she was likely to be discharged from the hospital in about two weeks.The team of doctors from the hospital were being advised by two private paediatricians to ensure the best treatment for the minor, as directed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he said.
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To the opposition Congress' demand that she be shifted to a speciality hospital in Mumbai or Delhi for better treatment, Pal said parents of the minor were satisfied with the medical care she was getting at the hospital and neither of them had demanded that she be shifted elsewhere.
Meanwhile, the two accused Irfan alias Bhaiyu (20) and Asif (24) were arrested in connection with the case and booked under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
SIT formed to probe Mandsaur rape case
The DNA samples of the two people arrested on charges of abducting and raping a minor girl in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur city were sent for examination and a special investigation team had been formed to speed up the probe, police said today. The SIT will be headed by City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Rakesh Mohan Shukla and will also include a legal adviser. Shukla said 70 per cent of the investigation had been completed and a blood-stained knife, the victim's school bag, among other things, were recovered. Superintendent of Police (SP) Manoj Kumar Singh said the DNA samples of both the accused, identified as Irfan (20) and Asif (24), were sent for examination on Saturday.
He said the police were waiting for the victim to recover in order to record her statement while her mother's statement had already been recorded. Officials said a police team from Mandsaur had left for Indore to meet the victim who is recuperating at the MY Hospital there. The eight-year-old girl was abducted on June 26 from outside her school, while she was waiting for her parents to come and pick her up, and was raped near Laxman Darwaja Road.
The accused tried to kill her by slitting her throat and also inflicted severe injuries on her face, head and private parts. Irfan was arrested on June 27 and is in police custody till July 2 while Asif, who was arrested on June 29, is in police remand till July 5. They were booked under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Victims father wants death penalty for accused
The father of an eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang-raped in Mandsaur district, today demanded capital punishment for the accused, saying he does not want compensation from the government. The victim, whose father is a flower vendor in Mandsaur about 200 km from here, was raped on June 26 after having been abducted from outside her school by two men. She had suffered grievous injuries to her neck, face, head and private parts and was admitted to the Maharaja Yeshwantrao (MY) hospital here on June 27.
The girl's father told reporters at the hospital that his family wants death sentence for the accused. "Our family doesn't want compensation from the government. We want the legal process in this case to be completed at the earliest and convicts be awarded death sentence as soon as possible," the distraught man said. Asked about the state government's decision to extend a financial assistance worth Rs 10 lakh to his family, he said, "Money is not an issue. We only want justice."
He also said he was satisfied with the treatment being provided to his daughter by doctors at MY Hospital. "Doctors from outside are also coming to treat my daughter. She would get the right treatment here. Her condition is expected to improve further in the next couple of days," he said. The hospital's superintendent had yesterday said the victim's wounds were healing and she was likely to be discharged from the hospital in about two weeks.
The team of doctors from the hospital were being advised by two private paediatricians to ensure the best possible treatment for the minor, as directed by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he had said. Meanwhile, Mandsaur District Collector O P Shrivastava told PTI that Rs five lakh from the chief minister's discretionary fund was transferred to the bank account of the victim's father on Saturday to provide immediate financial assistance to the family.
Another instalment of Rs five lakh will be deposited tomorrow, he said. After discharge from the hospital, the girl would be provided counselling by a senior psychiatrist so that she can recover from the trauma and lead a normal life. Earlier, the two accused -- Irfan alias Bhaiyu (20) and Asif (24) -- were arrested in connection with the case and booked under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.