Haridwar police is yet to make any headway in the case of a 12-year-old girl being gang-raped and murdered even though nearly a month has passed since the incident. Haridwar police state that they had conducted polygraph tests on nine suspects and the reports are awaited.
It may be mentioned here that due to following delay in the arrest of the culprits, the victim’s parents along with locals had met the then Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna about a fortnight ago and demanded immediate arrest of the accused.
Bahuguna had assured the family that this case will be handed over to the CBI if police fail to apprehend the culprits within 15 days.
To solve this case, several teams were formed by the Haridwar senior superintendent of police Rajiv Swaroop but police are yet to get any clue in this case.
The Haridwar police have recently announced a cash reward for anyone who gives vital inputs regarding involvement of culprits in connection with this case.
According to Haridwar police, anyone having any vital clue or information that helps the police reach the culprits, will be given cash reward of ` one lakh.
Anyone having such information could contact Station House Officer, Pathri, Pherupur police check post in charge or can write to SSP, Haridwar directly.
The details of the individual providing such information will be kept secret.Uttarakhand Director General of Police BS Sidhu said that several teams are conducting investigations into this case with help of Special Operations Group and Homicide Investigation Cell.
This case is being speedily investigated. Garhwal Range Deputy Inspector General of Police Amit
Sinha had camped in Haridwar earlier. Sinha is reviewing the progress made by the police which is working on collected evidences on daily basis. DGP Sidhu said that it will leave no stone unturned to solve the case.
It should be mentioned here that a 12 year old girl was raped and murdered by unidentified persons in a sugarcane field, near Bhatta Colony under Pathri
Police Station when she had gone to answer nature’s call in the open on January 7.