Kanpur, June 20 (PTI) The Dalit girl, who was stabbed in her eyes while resisting a rape attempt, was today sent to AIIMS with a team of doctors for further treatment.
The 14-year-old victim, whose cornea of the left eye was totally damaged, was today sent to AIIMS in New Delhi, Principal of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College, where she was admitted, Anand Swaroop said.
The decision to send the girl to AIIMS was taken after a meeting of a team of doctors, treating the girl, he said, adding two teams of doctors are accompanying the victim.
Kuldeep (18) and Niranjan Yadav (17) attempted to rape the 14-year-old girl when she had gone out in connection with some work in Gadwa Buzurg village in Gursahaiganj area in Kannauj on June 18.
When the girl raised an alarm, the duo attacked her with knives, piercing her left eye and injuring the other.