A teenage girl from Goltakuri VDC of Dang district, who was living in a rented room of Tulasipur, had complained of being raped by four masked men in a local nursery last Friday. The girl, who is now undergoing treatment at Rapti Zonal Hospital, had indentified one of the masked men. On the basis of her preliminary statement, the police nabbed the identified man. Others are still at large.
In its report, the zonal hospital, where the victim was taken to, said that the girl was not raped at all. Later, reexamining the girl´s status, Rapti Sub Regional Hospital said that the girl was raped. Following the contradictory reports by the zonal and sub regional hospitals, Dang police have yet to decide whether to produce the accused in the district court.
"How can two hospitals come up with two different reports?" says SP Lokendra Bahadur Malla, Chief of Dang Police. "But, we cannot dismiss any report."
Even after the girl was found to be raped by the sub regional hospital, the zonal hospital still stands by its report. "We are sure our report is right," said Dr Kedarn Senchuri, medical superintendent of the zonal hospital. The zonal hospital´s insistence on what it has claimed in its report has added to the confusion of Dang police.
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