Delhi HC Seeks Status Report From Crime Branch On 9-Yr-Old Rape-Murder Case In Nangal

The Delhi High Court has asked the Crime Branch to file a status report of the Delhi Nangal rape case.

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Delhi: The Delhi High Court has asked the Crime Branch to file a status report on the rape and murder case of a minor girl in Delhi's Nangal. The Delhi HC has asked the investigating body to mention the stage of investigation in its report.

The court sought the report while hearing the parents of the deceased, who are seeking a judicial probe in the alleged lapses in administrative action, as mentioned by ANI.

On August 12 the Delhi Police said the district authorities had sought protection for the parents of the Dalit girl who was killed in Southwest Delhi's Nangla area.

In a letter written to the police force, the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) also asked for the protection of two others who claimed to be witnesses to the crime, a police officer said.

The police, however, have maintained that no one has witnessed the incident, according to a report by PTI.

The 9-year old Dalit girl lived with her parents in a rented house in front of the crematorium. On August 1, she went to get water from a cooler at the crematorium. Around 6 pm that day, the crematorium's priest, Radhey Shyam, and two-three others called the girl's mother to the spot.

Showing the girl's body to her mother, they claimed that she got electrocuted while getting water. There were burn marks between her left wrist and elbow, and her lips were also blue.

The priest and the others dissuaded her mother from making a PCR call, saying police would make a case out of it and steal the girl's organs during post-mortem examinatiom, so it was better to cremate her.

The girl was cremated, but subsequently, her parents alleged that it was done without their consent.

Four people, including the priest, have been arrested in the case.