New Delhi:
The condition of the five-year-old girl, who was raped allegedly by a 22-year-old man after holding her captive at his rented accommodation in Delhi, was stable even as protests erupted in the in the city on Saturday against the barbarous attack.
Doctors attending to the child at the AIIMS said her condition was stable. She was shifted to AIIMS on Friday evening from the hospital in East Delhi where she was being initially being treated.
Protests erupted at AIIMS and Police Headquarters on Saturday morning demanding justice for the the girl and punishment to policemen who allegedly did not help locate the girl who went missing on April 15.
Activists belonging to Aam Aadmi Party protested outside the Delhi Police Headquarters alleging police had failed to act in the case while others staged a demonstration outside AIIMS Hospital in solidarity with the girl.
The girl was brutally raped and assaulted allegedly by the man while being held captive and not given any food or water for two days. She also contracted infection from foreign objects inserted in her body.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said on Friday that he was "deeply disturbed" with the brutality committed on the child and asked the society to work to root out the evil.
The horrific incident took place in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar. The girl, who was missing from April 15 evening, was rescued on April 17 from the ground floor of the building where her family was staying.
Doctors attending to the child at the AIIMS said her condition was stable. She was shifted to AIIMS on Friday evening from the hospital in East Delhi where she was being initially being treated.
Protests erupted at AIIMS and Police Headquarters on Saturday morning demanding justice for the the girl and punishment to policemen who allegedly did not help locate the girl who went missing on April 15.
Activists belonging to Aam Aadmi Party protested outside the Delhi Police Headquarters alleging police had failed to act in the case while others staged a demonstration outside AIIMS Hospital in solidarity with the girl.
The girl was brutally raped and assaulted allegedly by the man while being held captive and not given any food or water for two days. She also contracted infection from foreign objects inserted in her body.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said on Friday that he was "deeply disturbed" with the brutality committed on the child and asked the society to work to root out the evil.
The horrific incident took place in east Delhi's Gandhi Nagar. The girl, who was missing from April 15 evening, was rescued on April 17 from the ground floor of the building where her family was staying.
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