GWALIOR: A five-year-old girl is battling for her life after brutally raped and brutalized in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district. The police have arrested the girl's 17-year-old neighbor in connection with the incident. The girl has suffered serious injuries all over her body, including her private parts. She has 28 stitches on her private parts alone. The girl, who has undergone several surgeries, is still in a critical condition.

The girl was taken to an empty building near her house and abused. The accused was drunk. After the sexual assault, he repeatedly slammed her head against the wall. As a result, she sustained fatal head injuries. He tried to pull her legs apart, inflicting severe wounds on her private parts. The accused left her there, thinking that the child was dead after she fell unconscious. After a while, the child regained consciousness and told her parents about the rape.

The police arrested the accused following a complaint from her parents. The girl's parents have demanded that the accused be tried as an adult and given severe punishment. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia condemned the incident. He said that such crimes should not be repeated and justice should be provided to the victim and directed the district administration and police to do everything necessary for this. He has also demanded that strict action be taken against the culprit so that no one else will commit such a mistake. The arrested accused is being questioned by the police.