Written by: Express News Service
2 min readAllahabadJul 14, 2013 10:05 PM IST
First published on: Jul 14, 2013 at 10:05 PM IST
The injuries to the gangrape victim whose tongue was allegedly chopped off by relatives of the main accused on July 10 will not impact her ability to speak,Chief Medical Officer,Pratapgarh, Vinod Kumar Pandey said Saturday.
The minor victim is supposed to record her statement in the case before a magistrate on July 24. There is laceration,but it is not deep, Pandey said,adding that the wound was not 2.5 cm wide as had been reported. The victim has been given two stitches. The injury could have been caused due to tooth bite or an object that may fall within the category of a sharp-edged weapon,but with blunt margins.
The CMO further said that speech was a function controlled by the vocal cord and tongue tends to heal fast. The injuries will not impact her power to speak.
Lalji and Indal,the brother and cousin respectively of the main accused in the gangrape,Luvlesh,are accused of attacking the girl with the intention to slash her tongue so that she would not be able to record her statement. All three are under arrest. Pratapgarh SP L R Kumar said they would be recording the statement of the victim soon.
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