Six-year-old raped by tenant, accused beaten up

A six-year-old girl is admitted in JK Lon Hospital after she was raped allegedly by a tenant living in the same house in Shastri Nagar area on Sunday. He was caught red-handed by the girl’s family members who beat him up severely. The accused was also admitted in Kanwatia Hospital with serious injuries on his head.

Adding to the plight of the survivor, she was taken to Kanwatia Hospital where the police waited for doctors to arrive for almost three hours. No medical check-up could be conducted on the girl during this period.

According to the police, the incident took place around 2 pm. “The girl and her family lives on the ground floor as tenants while the accused whose age is yet to be ascertained stayed on the first floor. He was also a tenant,” said a police officer. The girl’s father and the accused are from the same village in Bihar. In fact, the girl’s father had brought the accused to Jaipur after finding a job for him.

In the afternoon, the accused took the girl to his room on some pretext and raped her. “The family members caught her red-handed and rescued the girl. As the news spread, some neighbours also gathered there,” said the officer.

The family member as well as the neighbours started beating up the accused. By the time, a police team reached the spot, the accused had injuries on his head and other body parts.

“We have arrested the man under the sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act. He was severely blood from his head, so we have admitted in Kanwatia Hospital in Shastri Nagar,” said the officer.

A police officer said that the girl was bleeding from her private parts, so she was rushed to Kanwatia Hospital. “However, we found no doctors there. We kept waiting for doctors to arrive for initial medical check-up. After over two-and-a-half hours’ wait, the doctor conducted the check-up and referred the girl to JK Lon Hospital,” said the officer.