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New Delhi: The police are expecting a breakthrough soon in Baby Falak's case. They say they may be close to nabbing the key suspect.
"We are trying to establish the identity of her real parents," said Ajai Chaudhari, Additional Commissioner of Police, South East Delhi.
The two-year-old baby, brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on January 18, has been fighting a lonely battle to survive. Falak - or "the sky" - as she has been christened by her care-givers, was taken off the ventilator yesterday, but she is still unconscious. She was admitted to the hospital with multiple fractures in her arms and severe head injuries possibly caused by being thrown against a wall. The baby also had human bite marks all over her body.
"We can't say anything yet. The baby is off the ventilator but she still remains in the ICU. Tubes, passing through the trachea, are still inside her lungs. We don't know how she will respond to the treatment but going by her brain injuries, there are possibilities of some deficits. According to the statistics, only 30-40% of patients with severe head injuries survive. Others remain in a vegetative state," said Dr Sumit Sinha, neurosurgeon at the AIIMS Trauma Centre.
Baby Falak's story has struck at the very heart of the nation with offers of help pouring in from across India and abroad.
"There are some NGOs which have approached us and we are in talks with them," said Dr Mishra. But the authorities the AIIMS Trauma Centre insist that as long as the baby is in their care they will bear all the expenses.
Baby Falak was brought to the hospital by a 15-year-old girl, who allegedly told doctors that she was her mother, and that the baby's injuries were the result of a fall from her bed. The doctors at the hospital informed the police as the claims made by her did not match with the injuries seen on the child's body.
The teenager has been placed in a juvenile home, and has been interviewed at length by members of the Child Welfare Committee. She has reportedly told them that a man she had been staying with brought baby Falak a month back to be raised as their child. She has also alleged that she has been sexually abused by that man and that she had eloped with him last year. Medical tests to determine the teenager's condition will be reported on the 31st of this month. Doctors say her abuse may have traumatised the teen into battering the baby she was looking after. The teenager's father will also be questioned by the police today as the girl has alleged that she left her home because of ill-treatment by her father.
The Delhi Police believes that the teen's boyfriend - now the key suspect in the case - got the baby from a woman he knew who in turn had been entrusted with Falak by a woman who works as a domestic helper and is possibly her biological mother. The man involved has reportedly left the city for Mumbai. An FIR will now be registered against him. A Delhi Police team has been sent to Mumbai to find him. He is allegedly married and has moved back in with his family there. A massive hunt is also on to find out the real parents of the child and the people who had handed over the baby to the main suspect. Three people have so far been detained by the Delhi Police and are reportedly being put through DNA tests.
Meanwhile, two women have reportedly approached the hospital claiming the child is related to them. "I have directed both the women to police. Both claimed that the child is their relative," said a neurosurgeon with AIIMS. However, police said nobody has approached them so far for the child's custody.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has condemned the incident and has ordered a detailed investigation. It has also asked for a factual report from the police in 15 days.
Moved by the case, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has promised long-term assistance and supervision and all possible help to the girl.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/baby-falak-case-breakthrough-soon-171170
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Rajneesh Madhok
"We are trying to establish the identity of her real parents," said Ajai Chaudhari, Additional Commissioner of Police, South East Delhi.
The two-year-old baby, brought to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences on January 18, has been fighting a lonely battle to survive. Falak - or "the sky" - as she has been christened by her care-givers, was taken off the ventilator yesterday, but she is still unconscious. She was admitted to the hospital with multiple fractures in her arms and severe head injuries possibly caused by being thrown against a wall. The baby also had human bite marks all over her body.
"We can't say anything yet. The baby is off the ventilator but she still remains in the ICU. Tubes, passing through the trachea, are still inside her lungs. We don't know how she will respond to the treatment but going by her brain injuries, there are possibilities of some deficits. According to the statistics, only 30-40% of patients with severe head injuries survive. Others remain in a vegetative state," said Dr Sumit Sinha, neurosurgeon at the AIIMS Trauma Centre.
Baby Falak's story has struck at the very heart of the nation with offers of help pouring in from across India and abroad.
"There are some NGOs which have approached us and we are in talks with them," said Dr Mishra. But the authorities the AIIMS Trauma Centre insist that as long as the baby is in their care they will bear all the expenses.
Baby Falak was brought to the hospital by a 15-year-old girl, who allegedly told doctors that she was her mother, and that the baby's injuries were the result of a fall from her bed. The doctors at the hospital informed the police as the claims made by her did not match with the injuries seen on the child's body.
The teenager has been placed in a juvenile home, and has been interviewed at length by members of the Child Welfare Committee. She has reportedly told them that a man she had been staying with brought baby Falak a month back to be raised as their child. She has also alleged that she has been sexually abused by that man and that she had eloped with him last year. Medical tests to determine the teenager's condition will be reported on the 31st of this month. Doctors say her abuse may have traumatised the teen into battering the baby she was looking after. The teenager's father will also be questioned by the police today as the girl has alleged that she left her home because of ill-treatment by her father.
The Delhi Police believes that the teen's boyfriend - now the key suspect in the case - got the baby from a woman he knew who in turn had been entrusted with Falak by a woman who works as a domestic helper and is possibly her biological mother. The man involved has reportedly left the city for Mumbai. An FIR will now be registered against him. A Delhi Police team has been sent to Mumbai to find him. He is allegedly married and has moved back in with his family there. A massive hunt is also on to find out the real parents of the child and the people who had handed over the baby to the main suspect. Three people have so far been detained by the Delhi Police and are reportedly being put through DNA tests.
Meanwhile, two women have reportedly approached the hospital claiming the child is related to them. "I have directed both the women to police. Both claimed that the child is their relative," said a neurosurgeon with AIIMS. However, police said nobody has approached them so far for the child's custody.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has condemned the incident and has ordered a detailed investigation. It has also asked for a factual report from the police in 15 days.
Moved by the case, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has promised long-term assistance and supervision and all possible help to the girl.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/baby-falak-case-breakthrough-soon-171170
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Rajneesh Madhok
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