5-year-old girl identifies rapist peon from photos
NEW DELHI:For at least two hours on Saturday, the five-year-old girl — who had been raped allegedly by a peon at her Gandhi Nagar school — refused to answer questions about the sexual assault.
But once doctors and nurses at a government hospital used their years of experience and counselled her, the girl gave all the necessary details to nail her rapist.
By the time the girl was done describing her alleged rapist, Vikas Jaiswal, all that the police were left to do was to get his address from school authorities and nab him.
The girl “almost accurately” described Vikas’ height, his weight, his baldness and the fact that he often wore a cap, said a senior police officer.
She told police that Vikas worked at the other building of the school — located across the street from where the girl studied — but would often visit her school building and occasionally her classroom.
The police officials then asked the school authorities about any staff member who matched the descriptions provided by the girl.
“Since we had collected Vikas’ Aadhaar card and address proof, we immediately provided it to the police,” the principal of the school said.
A police team then visited Vikas at his home that night, clicked his photograph and sent it to their counterparts who were with the girl.
“We sent multiple photos of the accused as well as other people. Each time, the girl identified the rapist among other photographs ” said an investigator.
The victim’s parents, meanwhile, said they had spent more than what they could afford to get their daughter and son admitted to private schools in the neighbourhood.
The parents of some other children too said that they were planning to do the same.
“A school is a child’s second home. They should feel safe there.But my daughter was raped in side her school,” sobbed her mother.
Chief minister (CM)Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the case and asked for a report to be submitted by Tuesday.