Acting swiftly on the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s orders, the Punjab Police on Friday presented the challan in the Hoshiarpur rape-murder case of a six-year-old Dalit girl in the court, after completing investigations into the horrendous incident in less than 10 days.

A special prosecutor has been appointed for expeditious proceedings in the case, in which the State Government has sought a fast-track trial to ensure speedy justice for the six-year-old victim, who was brutally assaulted by the accused.

Both the accused in the case were arrested on the night of October 21, hours after the minor girl was raped and murdered before being burnt in Tanda village.

Notably, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a desperate bid to exploit the incident for political gains, had sought to compare it with the Hathras case, where justice still eludes the victim’s family, who continue to be harassed by the police and the State Administration and had even sought shifting of the case outside Uttar Pradesh.

Currently, the CBI is probing the Hathras incident.

Taking serious note of the Hoshiarpur incident, Capt Amarinder, who also holds the Home portfolio, had directed the Punjab Police to submit its chargesheet in court within 10 days.

In strict compliance of the Chief Minister’s directive, the police submitted their final report in the special court of Neelam Arora in a record time of nine days after completing the probe in just eight days of the incident, said the spokesperson.

Giving details of the investigations conducted by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Against Women, Hoshiarpur, Madhvi Sharma under the supervision of SSP Navjot Mahal, the state DGP Dinkar Gupta said that utmost vigil was practiced during the course of investigation, which were carried out expeditiously without compromising on quality at any stage.

“Forensic teams were called in to collect evidences from the scene of the crime, while technical evidences and DNA samples were taken for forensic examination to state-of-the art laboratories,” he said, adding that the post-mortem examination of the deceased has been conducted by a board of medical officers.