Doctors as Humans
Afew years ago, I was on a return flight from New Delhi to Paris and New York, when the chief flight attendant suddenly broke up the humming silence and asked passengers to ring the call bell if anyone was a doctor.
A sweeper employed in a South Delhi school was arrested in connection with the rape of a five-year-old girl student recently. Multiple complaints of sexual abuse have been received against the man, police said.
The accused has been identified as Picha Muthu (45), a resident of Sudhar Camp, Kalkaji, who has been working in the school for many years, police said.
The matter came to light on 8 August after the minor’s mother lodged a complaint with the police alleging that her daughter was sexually assaulted in the washroom by Mutthu, according to the police.
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Police have sought the help of an NGO to counsel other children in the school to see if the accused, seemingly a serial offender, abused more students. The police are also sending a notice to the school authorities to know if they received any complaints against him in the past.
The crime was brought to the notice of the police on 8 August when the child complained to her mother about constant pain in her abdomen.
“When the mother found injuries on the girl’s body, she took her to a hospital. The child’s medical examination suggested that she had been raped, prompting her to inform the police,” police said.
It was during counselling by a local NGO that the girl said that she has been lured by the school’s sweeper into the bathroom and other isolated places on the compound over several days.
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