A seven-year old girl of class two, daughter of a visually-impaired couple, complained of being repeatedly drugged, abused and sexually assaulted by two senior girls of classes 7 and 9 for four months on the terrace of a government school in west Delhi's Moti Nagar.

Police are not ruling out the possibility of other girls in the school being victimised too. Senior police officials say addiction to porn videos by the accused led to the incident.

A case under relevant sections of IPC and POCSO Act has been registered. One of the accused, a 19-year-old but studying in class 9, was arrested. The other, a 15-year-old, has been identified but is yet to be apprehended. The duo has flunked classes many times.

VICTIM'S UNCLE SPEAKS TO MAIL TODAY

Speaking to MAIL TODAY, the victim's uncle said: "For the past few weeks, she was behaving abnormally. Upon returning from school, she used to go to bed without eating. When she woke up in the evenings, she often used to puke and complain about stomach ache."

"After it became a matter of serious concern, we took her to a doctor who prescribed some medicines. The medicines did not work out for her in the long run," he added.

On Thursday, after returning from school, she started crying and finally revealed to her aunt that two senior girls of her school used to take her to the terrace forcibly.

"They asked her to undress and injected something in her. They used to beat her and ask her to dance when she was naked. They abused her and threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed it to anybody," the victim's uncle said quoting her statement.

'SCHOOL AUTHORITIES DIDN'T PAY HEED TO MY COMPLAINT'

He further accused the school of not paying heed to the complaint and in fact helping one of the accused to flee. "Initially, I did not want to lodge a police complaint. The accused were also girls and daughters of somebody. I didn't want police to get involved or any harsh punishment for them. I just wanted to inform school authorities about the abuse. But they did not pay any heed to my complaint.We were then bound to approach the police," the uncle said.

"The principal helped one of the accused girls flee before the police team reached, while the other was apprehended by police," he added. Deependra Pathak, special commissioner of police, said that the child is undergoing counselling. He said police will soon start counselling sessions in schools to make children aware about sexual abuse.

"Girls keep quiet about it. The need of the hour is to speak out," he said.

Police are now trying to find out whether other children in the school were also subjected to abuse and are trying to find out whether the accused have filmed the act.

Meanwhile, the families of the accused duo are in a state of shock after learning about the incident.

The victim's father had lost one eye as a child while playing. They used to live in Pratapgarh, but due to his impairment, wasn't able to earn enough to sustain the family.

The victim's uncle then called them over to his place. While the father was offered a job in an iron factory, the uncle drives a cab in the city. The victim has a four-year-old younger brother.

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