Rahul Gandhi Meets Family Of 9-Yr Old Girl 'Raped, Killed And Forcibly Cremated' In Delhi

Rahul Gandhi met the family of the 9-yr-old victim and assured his fight in their fight for justice.

Rahu Gandhi meets Delhi rape victim's mother

New Delhi: Congress Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of the minor girl who was allegedly raped, murdered and cremated without her parents' consent in Delhi's Old Nangal crematorium.

Gandhi met the 9-year-old victim's family and assured them of his party's support in their fight for justice.

"I spoke with the family, they want justice and nothing else. They are saying that justice is not being given to them and they should be helped. We will do that. I have said that I am standing with them. Rahul Gandhi is standing with them until they get justice," Rahul Gandhi said after meeting the family, according to news agency ANI.

In a tweet posted on August 3, Gandhi called the young girl the "nation's daughter".

"Dalit's child is also the nation's daughter," he tweeted in Hindi with the screenshot of a news report of the incident.

After Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is also scheduled to meet the victim's family at 11:30 am. 

On August 2, the police arrested four suspects including the priest after the victim’s mother identified them. The accused have been charged under sections 376 (rape), 302 (murder), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 204 (destruction of evidence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the SC/ST Act.

Family members of the victim's family and relatives have been protesting since the time of incident demanding death penalty for the accused.