Sexual assault case: 12-yr-old’s condition remains critical

The 12-year-old girl, who was sexually assaulted and has suffered severe head injuries, will need another surgery and her condition continues to remain critical, sources at AIIMS, where she is undergoing treatment, said on Friday. Sources said her platelet count is low and she is admitted at the neurosurgery ICU of the hospital.

“She is in the neurosurgery intensive care unit currently and has to be operated, but then her platelet count is very low. Her condition is being closely monitored. She has a severe head injury,” sources said.

On Tuesday, the girl was sexually assaulted at her west Delhi home by 33-year-old Krishan, who also hit her on the face and head with a sharp object.

Her rectum and intestines were injured severely by some kind of impalement for which she needed immediate intervention and that is why she was operated upon as soon as she reached the hospital, a senior doctor at the AIIMS had said on Thursday.

The brutality involved in the crime has led to an outrage with Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal describing the incident as 'barbaric'.

On Thursday, the Delhi Police arrested Krishan. He told the police that he had entered the girl's house on Tuesday with the intention of burgling.

The gate of the house was partially open and he had entered the premises. He took a suitcase and was leaving the house when the the girl saw him and raised an alarm.

The accused took a sewing matching and threw it on the victim. The girl still tried to fight, following which the accused caught her and stabbed her with a scissor several times and fled the spot, a senior police officer said.