India, Feb. 27 -- A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri and left with severe bite marks on her face and private parts, where she has reportedly received 28 stitches.

The five-year-old girl is battling for her life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Kamala Raja Hospital of MP's Gwalior, according to a Times of India report.

Doctors cited in the report said that the victim's private parts were severely damaged, adding that a complex procedure to reconstruct the affected areas had to be performed.

The incident reportedly occurred on February 22 when the 17-and-a-half-year-old neighbour of the girl, allegedly in an inebriated state, lured the girl from the rooftop of her house to a one aban...