Delhi: Parents hid info, 10-year-old boy told medics he was raped by friends
Still, the information may have taken longer to reach investigators because his mama allegedly told croakers that he met with an accident, police said, If it had n’t been for the10- time-old boy himself informing the croakers at Lok Nayak Hospital that he was ravished and assaulted.
On September 22, the Seelampur police station entered a call from authorities at Lok Nayak Hospital informing them of a boy who was admitted there. They said he'd allegedly been ravished and assaulted severely.
To police’s shock, the incident had taken place four days agone on September 18 but hadn't been reported.
Police latterly discovered that the 10- time-old boy, a occupant of a slum in Seelampur, was playing with three musketeers in an empty apothecary on September 18 when they allegedly sodomised and assaulted him. “ There’s an empty apothecary where they would always play. When we asked the suspects-- two of whom have been restrained while a third is still at large-- about what went down at the apothecary, they weren't veritably forthcoming with information, but it appears that they sodomised the boy and also told him not to inform his parents. But when he said he would, they assaulted him, ” a police officer said, requesting obscurity.
He added the boys attacked him with sharp objects, including nails, glass and bricks lying around.
According to investigators, the boy reached home and informed his parents of the fire after which they took him to Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital where croakers
allegedly told them that he should be taken to a bigger sanitarium. “ still, after some primary treatment, the parents took the boy back home. But when his condition worsened, they took him to Lok Nayak Hospital on September 22, ” the investigator said.
At the sanitarium, the parents allegedly told the croakers
that the boy met with an accident but the croakers suspected commodity was amiss. “ The croakers asked the boy about what actually happed and he said ‘ bare sath galat kaam hua hai( I've been ravished) ’, ” an investigator said.
Croakers at the sanitarium also informed police.
Still, when police reached the sanitarium and met with the family, they allegedly refused to partake any details. “ We had to arrange for a counsellor from an NGO to meet the family for the mama to eventually partake what happed with her son. A case was also registered on September 24, ” the officer said, adding that one of the suspects, a neighbour progressed 10, was restrained the same day and another suspect, a kinsman aged 11, was detained the coming day on September 25.
According to investigators, the mama was reluctant to partake details of the incident because one of the suspects was the boy’s kinsman. “ His infection and health worsened because the family treated him at home for three days despite him demanding immediate medical attention, ” the investigator said.
Meanwhile, police are still looking for the third suspect.
“ The two suspects were produced before the Juvenile Justice Board and are presently out on interim bail, ” a elderly police officer privy to the matter said.
An investigator who interacted with the suspects said that one of the two boys attended a private academy and another attended a government academy. They're scholars of Class 6 and 7. The survivor is also a Class 6 pupil. Their parents are diurnal pay envelope sloggers.
