Jharkhand: Dumka teen brutally assaulted for resisting rape bid

DUMKA: A 14-year-old girl was brutally beaten and thrown away in a lonely place in a semi-unconscious state after she resisted rape attempt allegedly by an auto-rickshaw driver in Dumka district, police said on Sunday.
The girl fractured her right leg. Several injury marks were also found on her face. She is undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Dumka, the police said.
Dumka sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Noor Mustafa Ansari said, “The crime was committed by an unindentified person. A case has been registered and search operation is on to nab the unknown accused.”
Meanwhile, a bench of magistrates of district Child Welfare Committee (CWC) took suo-motto cognizance of the case and registered the statements of the girl and her grandmother in the hospital.
CWC chairperson Amarendra Kumar, members Nutan Bala and Dr Rajkumar Upadhayay visited the hospital on Sunday and registered the girl’s statement.