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. Local reports state that the child had been missing since Wednesday evening and was found on Thursday morning in critical condition. Due to the seriousness of her injuries, she was shifted to Jabalpur government hospital after receiving initial treatment in the local Bhopal hospital. 

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6-year old attacked, eyes gouged out

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

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Attacking the Madhya Pradesh government, former CM Kamal Nath, slammed the government questioning how miscreants were emboldened during the lockdown. Terming the 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 the state government's lack of preparation to battle Coronavirus, as BJP was busy 'toppling the Congress government'.

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On March 23, a day before the nationwide lockdown was announced,  BJP MP chief Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh at Raj Bhavan for the 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 leader Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the party along with 22 MLAs, reducing the Congress to a minority government with 92 MLAs.

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