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New Delhi: Family,
neighbours and activists of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Friday
protested outside the hospital where a five-year-old girl, a
victim of rape, was admitted in a serious condition.
The girl was held hostage for over two days and repeatedly raped
by a neighbour, who deprived her of even food and water.
A doctor treating the child said her condition is "serious" and
the "next 24-48 hours are critical".
Protestors gathered outside the Swami Dayanand Hospital in
Shahdara, east Delhi, where the girl has been admitted, and raised
slogans against Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi
Police.
They demanded immediate arrest of the accused in the case and said
the girl should be shifted to a better hospital like the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
"The police tried to suppress the matter and even offered Rs.2,000
to the family to keep quiet. On top of that, the child was
admitted to a hospital which does not even have proper facilities
and equipment," AAP spokesperson Aswathi Muralidharan told IANS.
"We want a better hospital and immediate arrest of the accused,"
she said.
The girl was abducted April 15 and kept hostage in a flat owned by
the attacker, said to be in his 30s. He lived on the ground floor
of the building in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar, in which the
victim's family also stayed, police said.
The girl was rescued when members of her family heard her scream
Wednesday evening, police said.
The girl's father told reporters that he had earlier approached
the police with a complaint that his daughter was missing, but
they failed to register his complaint.
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