Published 17:34 IST, April 23rd 2020

6-year-old attacked, eyes gouged out in Bhopal's Damoh; CM Shivraj Chouhan assures justice

In a shocking development, a 6-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, with both her eyes being gouged out and hands tied up.

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In a shocking development, a 6-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted in Mhya Presh's Damoh district, with both her eyes being gouged out and hands tied up. Local reports state that child h been missing since Wednesday evening and was found on Thursday morning in critical condition. Due to seriousness of her injuries, she was shifted to Jabalpur government hospital after receiving initial treatment in local Bhopal hospital. 

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6-year old attacked, eyes gouged out

Expressing pain at horrific attack, CM Shivraj Chouhan has said that attack was unfortunate. Taking cognizance of incident, he assured that attackers will be given strictest punishment. Moreover, he ded that child will be given best treatment.

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Kamal Nath lashes out at Shivraj

Attacking Mhya Presh government, former CM Kamal Nath, slammed government questioning how miscreants were emboldened during lockdown. Terming incident as 'horrific and inhuman', he asked how common people were forced to stay at home while miscreants were roaming freely during a stringent lockdown. Nath has time and again slammed state government's lack of preparation to battle Coronavirus, as BJP was busy 'toppling Congress government'.

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MP political crisis

On March 23, a day before nationwide lockdown was anunced,  BJP MP chief Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as Chief Minister of Mhya Presh at Raj Bhavan for fourth time.  Chouhan said that his only goal was to stop coronavirus, inspite of hosting a public meeting where all BJP MLAs were seen celebrating, garlanding Chouhan, hugging him, feeding sweets and raising joined hands. BJP came back into power after Congress leer Jyotiritya Scindia resigned from party along with 22 MLAs, reducing Congress to a mirity government with 92 MLAs.

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17:34 IST, April 23rd 2020