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Girl's fingers chopped off for plucking spinach

The fingers of a Dalit girl were allegedly chopped off by a farmer for plucking spinach from his field in Bihar's Bhagalpur district.

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BHAGALPUR: The fingers of a Dalit girl were allegedly chopped off by a farmer for plucking spinach from his field in Bihar's Bhagalpur district.
 
The five fingers of the right hand of 10-year-old Khushbu Kumari were allegedly cut by Pankaj Rai at Bhavnathpur-Baijar village on Wednesday after he found her collecting spinach, the police said on Saturday.
 
The girl was allegedly assaulted by the farmer before her fingers were chopped off with a sickle.
 
Khushbu was admitted to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital.
 
A case has been registered with the Akbar Nagar police station by the victim's father Sukho Ram against the farmer, who is absconding, the police said.
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