DCW chief Swati Maliwal continued her dharna at St Stephen’s Hospital, where the minor girl allegedly raped by a Delhi government official has been admitted, for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.

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Maliwal had sat on the dharna on Monday morning, claiming that she was prevented from meeting the girl.

However, a police official said the mother of the girl did not want to meet anyone since the victim is still under observation.

Premoday Khakha — a deputy director in the city government’s women and child development department — allegedly raped the girl several times between November 2020 and January 2021, according to the Delhi Police. His wife allegedly gave the girl medicine to terminate her pregnancy.