NEW DELHI – After UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has also extended helping hand to 23-year-old gang-rape victim. Sheila Dikshit said the victim may be taken abroad for medical treatment if the need arises.
Speaking to reporters in Delhi on Thursday, the Delhi Chief Minister said: “Her condition is very critical, she has a lot of injuries but if there is a need to take her abroad to treat her and save her life, we will not hesitate.”
The woman, gang-raped and savaged four days ago, was conscious and in stable condition but there was danger of infection setting in, said doctors treating her at Safdarjung Hospital.
The victim, who was interning as a physiotherapist at a hospital, had her intestines removed in a two-hour surgery Wednesday.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the government to take the strictest possible measures to ensure that there is no recurrence of incidents like the barbaric gang-rape of a 23-year-old girl in the national capital that has shaken the country.
Sonia Gandhi visited Safdarjung Hospital late on Tuesday evening to inquire about the condition of the gang rape victim.
Gandhi was at the hospital here for about 15-20 minutes during which she inquired about the condition of the girl from the doctors and met her parents, according to Congress general secretary Janardan Dwivedi.
The doctors told Gandhi that the girl was in a critical state, he said.
Gandhi, who is also UPA chairperson, wanted the guilty to be brought to book at the earliest, Congress general secretary Janardhan Dwivedi said.
Earlier in the day, both Houses of Parliament expressed shock and outrage over the heinous gangrape of the girl in a moving bus in south Delhi. Members, cutting across party lines, made strong demands for capital punishment to perpetrators of such crimes.
Opposition members demanded a categorical assurance from the home minister that such an incident will not recur.
Women members in both Houses were in the forefront in expressing shock and anguish over the incident, voicing concern over the safety of the fair sex in Delhi. Cinestar- turned-MP Jaya Bachchan even broke down while speaking on the issue in the Upper House.
In Lok Sabha, Speaker Meira Kumar led the House in expressing outrage over the “spine-chilling” incident, saying it was shameful for the entire society.
