Medical report negates Kashmir minor’s ‘rape’

Two days after Jammu and Kashmir Police filed a charge sheet in Sumbal minor’s alleged rape case before a court, the medical report on Tuesday revealed that there was no sufficient evidence to confirm that the child had been sexually assaulted.

In its report submitted to the police investigation officer, the authorities of super-speciality SKIMS medical college, stated that there were no marks of injury on any part of the body including the private parts.

“There was no active bleeding from vagina or anus the mere presence of the faint blood stains and a macula papular rash on buttocks is not sufficient evidence to confirm that the child has been sexually assaulted," reads the medical report available.

“There was no evidence of any trauma, injury, bleeding at or around the vaginal orifice or anal opening. Macula popular rash can arise due to multiple of reasons," it further reads.

The police had filed the charge sheet in a record time of 17 days from the commission of the alleged crime and the accused has been booked under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) section 3 and 5 and 376 a, b and 342 Renbir Penal Code (RPC).

Widespread protests broke out across Kashmir following the alleged rape of the three-year-old earlier this month. The protesters clashed with the security forces in which one youth was killed in Pattan area of north Kashmir.

However, with the medical report ruling out rape, the case is set to take a new turn.