PALANPUR: A four-year-old girl was found unconscious near Railway Quarters in
Palanpur on Monday afternoon. Medical examination confirmed that she was raped,
said police.At around 4.30pm police received a call about an unconscious four-year-old girl who was profusely bleeding from her private parts.
She was rushed to civil hospital in Palanpur where the medical officer attending her confirmed sexual assault.
She was referred to to Ahmadabad civil hosptial after report suggested that her internal organs were damaged, said Railway police sub inspector P F Pathan. “We are in the process of recoding a police complaint and are also taking statements of eye witnesses,” he added.
According to police, the girl’s mother works with a food-plaza contractor and lived near the Railway Quarters.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)