The girl, wandering the streets in a rag barely covering her, eventually reached an ashram. A priest there suspected s-exual violence, covered her with a towel, and rushed her to the district hospital. The medical examination confirmed r-ape.
As the injuries were serious, the girl was rushed to Indore. When she needed blood, police personnel came forward. Her condition is now learned to be stable.
When a senior police officer asked the girl her name and her address, she could not answer coherently.
Police have registered a case of r-ape against unidentified accused. The stringent Protection of Children from S-exual Offences (POCSO) Act has also been invoked.
Ujjain police chief Sachin Sharma said a special team has been formed to identify and catch the culprits at the earliest. "The medical examination has confirmed rape. We have formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and are closely following this. We appeal to the people to inform police if they get any information," Mr Sharma said.
On a question on the location where the crime took place, the officer said, "This is being investigated. We will come up with the information soon."
"The girl was not able to tell us exactly where she was from. But her accent suggests she is from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh," he added.
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have reported the highest number of cases of disappearance of women and girls between 2019 and 2021. Also, Madhya Pradesh reported the most incidents of r-apes in the country in 2021- 6,462 - as per the National Crime Records Bureau data. Out of them, more than 50 percent were crimes against minors. The number translates to 18 r-apes per day.
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