A seven-year-old child was sexually abused at a state-run girls' orphanage in Katni, Madhya Pradesh. Police arrived for investigation. They asked questions. Then, they came across the eight-year-old girl who was said to have molested the child.

Police questioned her, and what she said left them and everybody at the orphanage shocked to shame.

"Bhaiyya ne bola ye sehat ke liye achcha hai (Brother told me that 'it' is good for health)," an HT report quotes the little girl's statement to the police.

It was clear from here on. The eight-year-old orphan girl who had inflicted sexual abuse on her seven-year-old friend was a victim of rape herself.

THE 'BHAIYYA' WHO TAUGHT HER

From the eight-year-old's story, police learnt that she had been sexually abused for nearly two months. The culprit she referred to as 'bhaiyya' turned out to be a peon from the orphanage she lived in earlier.

"He used to sleep with me every day. Whenever I complained of pain, he used to tell me it is good for health," the report quoted the little girl's statement to a Katni police officer.

This particular orphanage where the accused worked in has children under the age of six.

The accused, a 30-year-old, has been arrested.

THE TWO VICTIMS

The seven-year-old had to be taken to the hospital after the older girl injured her by inserting her fingers into her vagina, says the HT report.

Police said that the eight-year-old is currently seeing counselors, while the seven-year-old is still in hospital, but doing fine.

The eight-year-old is said to have lost both her parents a few years ago. She was rescued by Child Line from a train, where she was found begging.