A 13-year-old girl with blood-soaked arms begged for help. But a group of men stands around her, filming her on their phones. the 25-second video from Uttar Pradesh‘s Kannauj is a shocker.
A second video also went viral, showing a policeman running to an autorickshaw with the injured girl in his arms. According to reports, she is under treatment in a local medical facility.
The incident took place on Sunday after the girl was found wounded and bleeding near a government guest house. CCTV footage shows the girl walking with a man.
All the videos are circulating on social media. The police have registered a case of rape on a complaint by her family, although the result of the medical examination is not declared.
“When a society loses its moral compass! A 12-yr old girl, sexually assaulted, bleeding, and begging for help but the crowd of men is busy filming her in UP, India,” Ashok Swain tweeted with the video.
The teen left home to exchange a piggy bank on Sunday afternoon and didn’t return for five hours, her uncle has said in an FIR. She was spotted in the bushes near the guest house by a guard, who alerted the police, NDTV reported.
The police are looking for the man seen on security footage talking to her.
“The minor girl was found in an injured condition and the local police rushed her to the hospital for treatment,” said Superintendent of Police Kunwar Anupam Singh in a statement.
