As if being paralysed wasn’t suffering enough, a 12-year-old was sexually assaulted by the doctor treating her. After the nearly year-long trauma, she recently learnt about good touch and bad touch through television, and realised the doctor was abusing her. She then told her mother about it by typing on her phone with her toes. Her family approached the Santacruz police, who arrested the doctor on October 22 following the complaint. According to the police, the girl has the rare disease Japanese Encephalitis for the past seven years. She is bedridden and can barely move her limbs. The girl contracted it after she was bitten by a mosquito during a holiday in Assam.

The girl is paralysed due to Japanese Encephalitis but can use a mobile phone with her right leg. Representation pic