The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the Delhi police questioning the handling of the case of a dalit minor who was allegedly kidnapped by the accused just before a hearing in her rap
The Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to the Delhi police questioning the handling of the case of a dalit minor who was allegedly kidnapped by the accused just before a hearing in her rape case. The girl was subjected to sexual assault several times and forced to drink corrosive substance which severely damaged her internal organs.
DCW chief Swati Maliwal in the notice directed the DCP (North) to provide security to the girl and her family and asked why the police had not arrested the accused till date. The DCW also asked whether the parents of the minor were intimated when she was taken to record her statement.
The Commission also sought the details of action taken on the complaint of the victim’s parents regarding threat to their lives in an FIR filed on May 15 and asked the reasons for not registering offences under Section 3 of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. “Police protection should be provided on a priority basis to the victim and her family,” Ms Swati Maliwal said in the notice.
Giving details of the case, the Commission in its notice said an FIR under sections 363, 376 IPC and 4/6 of POCSO Act was registered in Burari police station on December 2 last year against a main accused, Shivshankar.
NCW, which learnt about the case through a media report, got the victim admitted to Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh for better treatment under the EWS Scheme. “The victim was fed a corrosive substance which has completely destroyed her internal organs to the extent that she has not been able to eat for the past two months. The girl is presently on ventilator and may not survive. This is a serious case of alleged rape,” the notice reads.
