Auto-driver who kidnapped, raped 5-year-old gets lifer

A 34-year-old autodriver was sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court on Thursday for kidnapping a five-year-old in 2015 at night when she was returning home from a shop, brutally raping her in the back seat of the vehicle, pushing her out of it in an isolated area and fleeing.

The five-year-old child had suffered serious injuries to her private parts due to the assault and had to undergo urgent surgery. She was admitted to the hospital for over three months. A doctor had testified that there was a complete tear of tissues between her vagina and rectum. For healing of the tear, she had to undergo surgery to divert faeces away from the anus. Special Public Prosecutor Geeta Sharma said that the CCTV footage with the help of which he was apprehended also acted as evidence.