Lucknow: 3-year-old battles for life after she was raped by uncle on Holi
After she was raped by her uncle, a three-year-old girl is battling for life at Lucknow’s King George Medical University (KGMU).
She was raped on Friday. The condition of the girl, who was undergoing surgery, is said to be critical.
The accused, 20-year-old brother of the girl’s father has been arrested and sent to jail.
“He took the girl to an abandoned building on the pretext of giving her some eatables and sexually assaulted her,” said Ramesh Chandra Yadav, inspector, Thakurganj police station.
The girl went missing on Friday afternoon while she was playing outside her house. She was found later from an abandoned under-construction house nearby.
“A group of locals nabbed the girl’s uncle coming out of the abandoned building. He was beaten up badly before being handed over to us,” said police.
The accused has been booked under charges of rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
-PTC News