Girl identifies attackers after 10 months of coma

Ahmedabad: A 27-year-old woman, who spent 10 months in a coma after suffering a vicious attack that left her severely disabled, has identified her alleged assailants in court, more than four years after the assault.

Four men ambushed Dimple Patel as she returned to her home from college in February 2010. They beat her with iron rods and abandoned her unconscious on a railway track. Even though she still cannot hear and has difficulty speaking and walking, she was able to identify her alleged attackers in court this week, her brother Dharmendra Patel said on Thursday.

“It was only after she came out of the coma that we came to know what happened and who attacked her,” he said.

Mr Patel says his sister was attacked by relatives of his wife in a row over money. “Though she couldn’t speak complete sentences, she used gestures and words to give her version of events,” said Mr Patel.