A woman has alleged her minor daughter was forced to drink acid by unidentified persons in southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji area following which a case was registered though the cops say the girl might have
A woman has alleged her minor daughter was forced to drink acid by unidentified persons in southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji area following which a case was registered though the cops say the girl might have consumed something herself “under depression”.
The girl, a Class 10 student of a school in Kalkaji, complained of stomach pain after she reached school on Friday morning, a senior police official said.
The school authorities then informed her mother and took her to a hospital from where she was later discharged.
However, two hours later, the mother took her to Safdarjung Hospital and alleged that she was forced to drink acid by unidentified men near her school on Wednesday, who were harassing and stalking since the past one month, the police official said.
Safdarung Hospital auth-orities, when contacted, said the girl has been kept in the critical care unit.
“Prima facie, it’s not like a case where the girl was forced to drink acid. There were no external injuries on the girl’s body and she is fully conscious and is talking with her mother,” the official said.
The police hasn’t ruled out the possibility of a “suicide bid” by the girl.
“The girl’s parents are go-ing through a divorce and she was allegedly depres-sed about her parents’ separation... It cannot be said with surety whether she attempted suicide,” the official said. The police said a sample of the liquid that the girl allegedly consumed has been sent for forensic examination and the report is awaited.
A case has been registered at the Kalkaji police station under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code against unknown persons.
