12-Year-Old Girl Gang-Raped, Assaulted With ‘Hard Object’ Near Famous Temple In MP’s Satna, 2 Held

The accused allegedly lured the girl to an isolated place and assaulted her. The profusely bleeding girl was admitted to a hospital at the divisional headquarters Rewa for advanced medical care.

Satna: A 12-year-old girl was raped, bitten multiple times and brutalised by two men who worked for a trust, managing a well-known temple in Maihar town of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh. The incident took place on Thursday. The accused allegedly lured the girl to an isolated place and assaulted her. The profusely bleeding girl was admitted to a hospital at the divisional headquarters Rewa for advanced medical care, said the police, adding the accused were identified as Ravindra Kumar Ravi and Atul Bhadoliya.

A senior official also said that the accused had allegedly inserted a hard object in her private parts. However, the official said that it can be confirmed only after the victim’s medical examination report is received, news agency PTI reported citing police sources.

“I am not denying that a stick or some other object was inserted into the 12-year-old’s private parts by accused Ravindra Kumar Ravi and Atul Bhadoliya. But this is something that can only be confirmed in a medical report. We are still awaiting her medical report. Yes she was bleeding and doctors are monitoring her health,” Satna Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Gupta told PTI over the phone.

“Her body bore bites and injuries which pertain to sexual assault,” he said. Asked about the condition of the girl, the SP said a panel of doctors treating her said her condition was “okay” at his point of time. “We are taking legal action against the accused,” Gupta said.

The accused, both aged 30, were on Friday produced in a local court which sent them in 14-day judicial custody, Gupta said. The duo was booked under IPC sections 376 (punishment for rape), 376DB (punishment for gang rape on woman under 12 years of age), 366A (procuration of minor girl), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 34 (common intention) and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the police said.

In a related development, a press statement issued by the Maa Sharda Devi Mandir Management Committee, Maihar, bearing the signature of its administrator, stated they have sacked Ravi and Bhadoliya, employed with them, forthwith after a criminal case was registered against them. “Their indecent act has tarnished the image of the temple,” said the statement.

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan responds

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed the police to take strict action against the accused and provide best of possible medical treatment to the girl.

“I have received information about the rape in Maihar. My heart is full of pain, I am distressed. The police have arrested the criminals. Instructions have been given to the administration to make arrangements for proper treatment of the girl.  No criminal will be spared, strictest action will be taken,” Chouhan said.

मैहर में बेटी के साथ दुष्कर्म की जानकारी मिली है, मन पीड़ा से भरा हुआ है, व्यथित हूं।

मैंने पुलिस को निर्देश दिए हैं कि कोई भी अपराधी बचना नहीं चाहिए
पुलिस ने अपराधियों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया है ।

प्रशासन को निर्देश दिए हैं कि बेटी के समुचित इलाज की व्यवस्था की जाए ।

कोई भी…

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) July 28, 2023

Condemning the incident, Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath said the victim was subjected to an inhuman attack that was reminiscent of the 2012 Nirbhaya case of Delhi. The gruesome 2012 episode, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved rape and fatal assault on a 23-year-old woman in the national capital which caused nationwide outrage and triggered protests.

Such incidents with sisters and daughters have become a routine affair in Madhya Pradesh and it proved that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s government has failed to provide them security, Nath claimed in a tweet. He demanded best medical treatment and a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore for the girl.

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