Delhi: 8-yr-old pretended to be dead to escape rapist
New Delhi, June 1: An eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly abducted and raped by a youth in outer Delhi's Kirari, pretended to be dead to escape from the clutches of her rapist, she has told her parents.
"From what she told us, it appears that the man abducted her around 1:30 am while she was sleeping in a cot outside the house. When she realised that she was somewhere else with a stranger, she tried to scream but he gagged her mouth," said the victim's father.
He took her to a vacant plot in the neighbouring lane where he forced himself upon her. The girl was scared that the man would kill her so she turned totally immobile, pretending to be dead.
The trick scared the accused who kept pinching the girl to check if she flinches, but she did not. Once he left, the eight-year-old stood up and ran home.
Once
he
saw
the
girl
running,
the
accused
started
chasing
her
until
he
tripped
on
a
stone
and
fell
down.
The
incident
took
place
in
the
wee
hours
of
Saturday
when
the
accused,
who
is
suspected
to
be
a
minor,
allegedly
gagged
the
girl,
took
her
to
a
secluded
spot
near
her
house,
and
raped
her.
The
accused
was
apprehended
by
police
on
Wednesday.
"We were horrified when my wife spotted blood stains on the bed sheet and, meanwhile, my daughter also started complaining about pain in her lower abdomen and private parts," he said, adding that the girl later broke down and told her parents about the sexual assault.
He said she had also been complaining about sore throat for which she could not eat anything. She is at present in a hospital and is likely to be discharged on Wednesday. Her condition is stable now.
"We saw the CCTV clip but could not identify the accused. We got to know from police that he lives in the same neighbourhood," the girl's father said.
The girl is a class 3 student at a private school. Her father works at a private enterprise and mother is a housewife. She has a seven-month-old sister.
PTI