New Delhi : A minor from Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, who was raped and subsequently assaulted, died on Sunday morning in Patna. The girl was lured with a chocolate near her aunt’s house and taken to a maize field in Muzaffarpur. The rape victim was referred to Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH), where she was made to wait in an ambulance for several hours on Saturday due to a lack of beds — just a day before she died.
Dr Singh said that the medical staff were prompt in their response as soon as the victim was admitted to PMCH with doctors attending her in the ambulance. “She was taken to the ICU, and doctors from all departments treated her for the entire night.” he said. Dismissing the allegations of negligence made by the victim’s family, Singh said, “If such an incident takes place with anyone, the family will make allegations of negligence. We actively treated her right after we learned about this case.”
The girl’s family accused the police of refusing to register the case at the Turki police station in Muzaffarpur, alleging that the perpetrator — who belonged to the same village as the victim’s — was an influential local figure. When the distraught family reached the Women’s Police Station in Muzaffarpur, their complaint was finally registered, and the victim was sent for a medical examination.
Women’s Police Station in-charge Aditi Kumari confirmed that the girl had been raped and said that a case under relevant sections had been registered against the accused and an investigation was underway. The incident has sparked a massive political row in poll-bound Bihar with Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi saying that “a minor Dalit girl in Muzaffarpur” died out of systemic apathy and medical negligence. Demanding justice for the victim, Rahul further wrote, “We will not sit quietly until the victim’s family gets justice. Strict action should be taken against the culprits and negligent officers.
