A disturbing video has been doing rounds on social media in which a 12-year-old girl drenched in blood can be seen pleading for help; however, people standing around her are busy filming her on mobile phones.
The minor was allegedly raped and then dumped behind the Dak Bangla guest house in Kannauj. She suffered multiple injuries, including on her head. In the video, the girl can be seen trying to seek help, but her appeals go unanswered as a group of men with their mobile phones in their hands were busy capturing her from different angles.
The onlookers can be heard asking whether the police were informed. Another asked for the police chief’s number. But the filming continued with no attempts to help the girl. Reports claimed she had to wait for aid until the police arrived.
A second video, which also went viral, shows the local police outpost in-charge rushing towards an autorickshaw with the injured girl in his arms. Superintendent of Police Kunwar Anupam Singh said, “The minor girl was found injured and the local police rushed her to the hospital for treatment.”