Rape survivor’s father won’t be evicted: MP CM

BHOPAL: A day after this newspaper reported that the Indore Development Authority was evicting the father of a rape-survivor from his house on account of lack of proper paper work, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath announced that he would be provided with all requisite papers for the house and shop that were allotted to him, a senior government official said.

The rape survivor’s father was allotted a house and shop in Indore, but the paper work for this was not complete, and after a change in government, the IDA moved to evict the family.

Congress spokesperson Narendra Saluja said: “Chief minister Kamal Nath took cognizance of the Hindustan Times report. Along with allotment of a shop and a house, the CM also said he would bear all the expenses of education of the girl. The state government wouldn’t allow any kind of sufferings to the family of the victim.”

The 8-year-old survivor, now in class 3, was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by two persons on June 26, 2018, in Mandsaur. Both the accused were awarded death penalty in July, 2018. In the aftermath of the incident, former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a rehabilitation package for the survivor, including allocation of a house and a shop in Indore.