For the five-year-old boy who survived brutal torture and sexual abuse from a teenage student at a Malegaon madrasa, the wait for justice is slow and painful.

Not only did he and his family have to wait for a day before the Sion police registered an FIR, but even four days after that, the investigations are yet to begin as the Sion and Malegaon departments bicker over who has the case file.