Chandigarh: A mahapanchayat held on the incident of double murder and gang-rape of two women in Mewat, on Thursday demanded an inquiry by Central Bureau of Investigation into the crime. The mahapanchayat held at Mewat’s Tauru was attended by representatives from 84 villages and Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, INlD’s MlAs Zakir Hussain, Naseem Ahmed among other leaders.
Notably, five armed men had barged into a house in village Dingerheri in Mewat last week. The accused had beaten a couple to death and gang-raped their two nieces. One of the rape victims is a minor. The accused had then fled with valuables including cash, jewellery and a vehicle.
While police has arrested four accused into the case, the villagers are not satisfied with the inquiry. The incident was also raised in the assembly by the opposition a day before, following which the Chief Minister Manohar lal had assured that a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a senior police officer of the level of ADGP/ IGP, would be constituted to investigate all aspects of the Mewat incident.