Minor rape victim’s father identifies cop who offered bribe
25 April 2013 7:22 AM IST
The father of the five-year-old rape victim identified on Wednesday a policeman who allegedly tried to bribe the family to not register a case in the matter. Police sources said the father of the east Delhi girl has identified the policeman who allegedly offered a bribe of Rs 2,000 to the family for not registering a first information report (FIR) in the case. However, the sources did not reveal the identity of the accused to the media. 'The girl's father identified the culprit from the photographs of 13 policemen that were shown to him. The photos were of policemen from the ranks of constable to inspector,' said a police official. 'We are probing the matter and further investigation is on,' said a police official.
Earlier, Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar had said that the police official who allegedly offered the bribe could not be identified because the victim's father was not available for the identification process.
The five-year-old girl was abducted on 15 April, kept hostage for two days and sexually assaulted and brutalised in a room in which the attackers lived on the ground floor of a building in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar. The girl's family stays in the same building.
The main accused 25-year-old Manoj Kumar, during police interrogation, revealed that he along with another accused 19-year-old Pradeep Kumar consumed alcohol at the latter's residence. Then the duo watched porn on Pradeep's mobile phone, before returning to Manoj's rented accommodation.
The child was playing outside Manoj's room and the two accused invited her inside the room on the pretext of giving her a chocolate. The two men also said that they had repeatedly raped the girl.
According to their statements, Manoj asked Pradeep to kill the toddler. Pradeep strangled the victim and left the place thinking the girl was dead.
The victim was rescued when members of her family heard her screams on 17 April. She is now being treated at All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD STABLE, ON ORAL FOOD INTAKE, SAYS DOCTOR
The five-year-old Delhi rape victim’s general condition is stable, doctors said on Wednesday. 'Her urine output is normal and colistomy is functioning as expected. She is on full oral intake. She is not feverish now,' said DK Sharma, medical superintendent of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
She was examined and her wounds dressed under general anesthesia on Tuesday. Her perineal wounds are healing well. She is active and taking food,' he said.
It could take two weeks for the girl to be discharged, the doctor said, adding that they were trying their best to ensure that the girl is able to lead a normal life.
Earlier, Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar had said that the police official who allegedly offered the bribe could not be identified because the victim's father was not available for the identification process.
The five-year-old girl was abducted on 15 April, kept hostage for two days and sexually assaulted and brutalised in a room in which the attackers lived on the ground floor of a building in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar. The girl's family stays in the same building.
The main accused 25-year-old Manoj Kumar, during police interrogation, revealed that he along with another accused 19-year-old Pradeep Kumar consumed alcohol at the latter's residence. Then the duo watched porn on Pradeep's mobile phone, before returning to Manoj's rented accommodation.
The child was playing outside Manoj's room and the two accused invited her inside the room on the pretext of giving her a chocolate. The two men also said that they had repeatedly raped the girl.
According to their statements, Manoj asked Pradeep to kill the toddler. Pradeep strangled the victim and left the place thinking the girl was dead.
The victim was rescued when members of her family heard her screams on 17 April. She is now being treated at All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
FIVE-YEAR-OLD STABLE, ON ORAL FOOD INTAKE, SAYS DOCTOR
The five-year-old Delhi rape victim’s general condition is stable, doctors said on Wednesday. 'Her urine output is normal and colistomy is functioning as expected. She is on full oral intake. She is not feverish now,' said DK Sharma, medical superintendent of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
She was examined and her wounds dressed under general anesthesia on Tuesday. Her perineal wounds are healing well. She is active and taking food,' he said.
It could take two weeks for the girl to be discharged, the doctor said, adding that they were trying their best to ensure that the girl is able to lead a normal life.
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