Deaf and mute minor girl gangraped in Bihar, victim in critical condition with both eyes damaged

A 15-year-old deaf and mute girl was reportedly gang-raped in Bihar’s Madhubani district, and her eyes were impaired by a sharp instrument so she couldn’t recognize rapists, police said Wednesday.

The girl is said to be in a critical state and both her eyes have been impaired. If she has lost her eyesight entirely, it is not yet ascertained, the doctors attending the girl said.

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Superintendent of Police Satya Prakash said that the suspects hail from the same village and that three people were arrested in connection with the incident that occurred in Kauwaha Barhi village in Harlakhi police station area on Tuesday when she took her goats for grazing with other children.

Her body was found lying unconscious in a barren field of neighbouring Manoharpur village when a kid informed the girl’s family about the incident following which she was admitted to the nearby Umgaon community health centre, where doctors referred her to Madhubani Sadar Hospital given her critical condition.