On Camera, 12-Year-Old Girl, Raped And Bleeding, Seeks Help, Shooed Away

The visuals were captured by a CCTV camera at Badnagar road, about 15 km from Ujjain

A 12-year-old girl, semi-naked and bleeding after alleged rape, went from door to door asking for help. People stared at her but refused to help. One man was seen shooing her away as she approached him for help.

The visuals, which no longer shock a society where violence against women and minors has become chillingly common, were captured by a CCTV camera at Badnagar road, about 15 km from Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh.

The girl, wandering the streets in a rag barely covering her, eventually reached an Ashram. A priest there suspected sexual violence, covered her with a towel and rushed her to the district hospital. The medical examination confirmed rape.