The calm of Palm Sunday was shattered as news broke out about the alleged gang-rape of an 18-year-old Intermediate student by unidentified persons near a church at Narayanaguda here on Sunday afternoon.
The girl, who was profusely bleeding, was found in a dishevelled state at a tiffin centre near the church. She was initially taken in a car to a private clinic by an unidentified person who later vanished.
Later, she was rushed to the Government Maternity Hospital at Petlaburj in an ‘108' ambulance where doctors confirmed the rape. The city police have registered a criminal case and pressed three special teams into action to nab the perpetrators.
The girl was attending church service along with her mother when she received a call at 10.30 a.m. and went out. Her visually challenged mother received a call around 1 p.m. about her daughter's condition.
The police are still clueless on where the girl went after receiving the call and how she was found at a public spot later or who informed her mother.
An official press release from Police Commissioner A.K. Khan's office does not even mention any sexual offence or rape. It only says that the girl was found in a medical condition with “heavy bleeding” implying a gang-rape.
The release said the police were verifying the recent calls made and received from her cellphone.
Forensic experts have taken blood samples for chemical analysis.
The clothes and vaginal swabs of the victim have been preserved. Additional Commissioner of Police A.R. Anuradha has been put in charge of the investigation.
Meanwhile, a few Dalit as well political organisations staged a protest outside the hospital demanding stern action against the persons involved, and flaying the police for their “inaction.”
The president of Telugu Mahila, the women's wing of the TDP, Shobha Hymavathi, on Sunday demanded the arrest of the culprits.
