The condition of a 14-year-old girl who was raped by a group of men on the day of Chhath festival in Inaruwa of Sunsari district is worsening, reports quoted her doctors as saying.

According to Reportersnepal.com, a complaint against Krishna Dev Mehta, 28, brother-in-law of former District Development Committee (DDC) chairman Arbinda Prasad Mehta; Diwas Sonika, 25, son of a gold businessman Pradip Sonika; Birendra Yadav, who runs a motorcycle repair workshop in Inaruwa including three others has already been filed at the Sunsari District Police Office alleging them of being involved in the gang rape of the minor. The report said that even after two weeks since the incident took place, police has taken no initiative to arrest the culprits.

The report said that Mehta and his friends had reportedly abducted the girl from a place nearby the Sunsari river where on the day of the festival, large number of devotees had gathered to worship the sun god and then forcibly took her to the house belonging to former DDC chairman Mehta located just few minutes away. There they ruthlessly gang raped the hapless little girl, and after she fell unconscious, left her to die and fled from the place.

The girl was found in a very bad state the next morning and was immediately taken to B.P Koirala Memorial where doctors said her condition was serious.

The doctors also said that the girl’s uterus was badly damaged and had to be removed.

The report also quoted a source as saying that some high-level police officials are involved in protecting the culprits. nepalnews.com Nov 12 08