The Hindu : NHRC rehabilitates minor girl

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Friday, Jan 23, 2004

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NHRC rehabilitates minor girl

By Our Legal Correspondent

NEW DELHI, JAN. 22 . The National Human Rights Commission's efforts to rehabilitate a four-year-old tribal girl who had been brutally raped by a 26-year-old truck driver in Delhi in March last year have met with success.

The Commission has received a report from the Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital here that the girl has now recovered fully after undergoing three successful surgeries to repair the ruptures she suffered. The Delhi Government has given her some relief on humanitarian ground as directed by the NHRC. The Commission was informed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Vasant Vihar, Delhi, that an amount of Rs.50,000 in favour of the victim has been kept in a fixed deposit on December 5, 2003 in the Allahabad Bank for 14 years. Her mother has been permitted to withdraw monthly interest for maintenance and medical treatment of the girl. The amount on maturity of the fixed deposit would be paid to the victim who would by then have become an adult.

The Commission has also commended the role played by the NGO, Prayas in assisting the rehabilitation of the victim. The Commission took up the case following a request by a social activist Prithvish Sain seeking that the victim be given relief on humanitarian ground as her parents were not in a position to afford medical treatment for their child. The police have already arrested and registered a case against the perpetrator of the crime.

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