Those who did not help a 15-year-old girl in Ujjain – who had been raped and left half-naked and bleeding, and went door-to-door begging for help – may be charged under child sex abuse laws, a senior Madhya Pradesh police officer told NDTV on Friday. They may face action under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for ‘failing to report or register the commission’ of a crime.
Jayant Singh Rathore, an Additional Superintendent of Police in Ujjain, said that at least one such individual had been identified – an auto-rickshaw driver who “knowingly did not inform the police”.
Action has been taken against him. CCTV footage will be studied. If more people are found, and it is clear they did not help (the girl) or did not inform the police, we will take legal action,” he said. The auto-rickshaw driver has been identified as Rakesh Malviya. Police said he ferried the young girl in his vehicle – they found blood stains on the seat – but did not tell the police of her condition.
The question now is – will others who similarly refused to help her also face police action? Will they act against the people who saw and ignored a young girl bleeding and in clear distress?
Some Gave Her Rs 50, Some Rs 100″: Cop’s ShockerNDTV earlier reported on CCTV footage of a man shooing the bleeding girl away; the heart-breaking clip showed him leaning nonchalantly against his front door and refusing to help.
A police review of that footage showed others had been equally heartless, but Ujjain top cop Sachin Sharma disagreed with the statement that no one helped the girl.
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