The Seelampur police station had on September 22 received a call from LNJP Hospital that a boy aged about 10 years was admitted on account of a physical assault that happened three days back. A police team reached the hospital and met with the parents of the child, but they refused to give a statement, cops said. The child was then under medical observation. The Delhi Commission for Women had also issued a notice to the police in this connection and demanded strict action against the accused.
The family did not give a statement till September 24. After counseling arranged by the police, the boy’s mother eventually disclosed that her son was physically assaulted and sodomized by his three friends over a debt that the family was having trouble paying back on time.
During their investigation, police found that the alleged perpetrators of the attack aged between 10-12 years of age were friends of the boy and lived in the New Seelampur jhuggis. Two of them, including the cousin, have been caught and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board, while cops are still trying to find the third child.