Vadodara: An 11-year-old girl, who was abducted and raped in an industrial area in Gujarat's Bharuch district leaving her injured, died at a government hospital here on Monday evening after battling for life for a week, officials said. The girl had sustained serious internal injuries in the sexual assault and was referred to SSG Hospital in Vadodara after undergoing primary treatment at the civil hospital in Ankleshwar, an industrial town in Bharuch district, hospital authorities said.

"The girl suffered from a cardiac arrest at around 2 pm, after which her condition deteriorated. The patient was stabilised after treatment, but at around 5:15 pm, she suffered another cardiac arrest. Doctors provided her with immediate treatment, but she was declared dead at 6:15 pm," said Resident Medical Officer (RMO), SSG Hospital, Dr Hitendra Chauhan. Gujarat Shocker: Minor Girl Raped in Bharuch, Efforts Underway to Nab Accused.

The minor girl's condition deteriorated as sepsis (a life-threatening response to infection or injury) spread to her entire body, leading to organ failure and causing cardiac arrests, he explained. On last Monday (December 16), an industrial worker abducted the girl when she was playing near her hut. He took her to nearby bushes, where raped her and fled the spot, leaving her injured, according to police. The police arrested the 36-year-old accused, a native of Jharkhand, a day after the crime. The accused lived next to the girl's hut and worked in the same factory as her father. Vadodara Shocker: Teenage Girl Gang-Raped in Gujarat in Presence of Male Friend, Probe Underway.

A three-member delegation led by Dipika Pandey Singh, a Congress minister in the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand, last week visited the hospital in Vadodara to meet the victim and her family members, and later targeted the Gujarat government over migrant labourers. She also handed over a cheque of ₹ 4 lakh to the victim's kin. Gujarat Health Minister and government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel responded by saying Congress was politicising a serious crime like rape.

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