Punjab State Scheduled Caste Commission (PSSCC) on Tuesday asked the Punjab Police to “immediately” provide protection cover to the family of Moga incident victim.
Besides, the Commission has also recommended the State Government to provide grant of Rsfive lakh and Rs1.20 lakh, as per the SC Act, to the victim's family.
The directions came after the State Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota deposed before the Commission and submit the status report in the matter.
Commission chairman Rajesh Bagha expressed that this incident was very unfortunate and instructed the Punjab Police to immediately provide protection cover to the victim’s family.
ADGP said that the Punjab Police has been
probing all the angles of this incident and IG Gurpreet Kaur Deo has been handed over the probe into this matter.
He said that the police has already apprehended the four culprits and would provide every help to the victim family in the intrest of justice.
The 13-year-old Arshdeep Kaur had died last Wednesday after being molested and pushed out of a private bus owned by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal's company. Her mother was also thrown out of the moving bus and received serious injuries.