The NCW has already formed a four-member inquiry committee to look into the girl’s charges. Abrar spent more than an hour talking to the girl in the women’s ward at the hospital. She later told reporters, “She is getting better but the teachers responsible for her condition should be given the strictest punishment possible. By now, the statement of the victim should have been recorded under Section 164 of the Code for Criminal Procedure.” Section 164 of the Code for Criminal Procedure empowers a judicial magistrate to record the statement of a person and forward it to a magistrate who will investigate the charges and also try the accused.

Abrar also demanded the victim and her family members be given police protection. She said, “Considering how grave the crime is and the severe repercussions the accused might face, it is absolutely necessary the girl and her family get police protection.”

Even at the Civil Hospital, where a large contingent of the media was present, the security was tight. The victim was later discharged from the hospital and taken to Patan with a police escort.