Amid public outrage over the brutal rape of a five-year-old girl, lt-Governor Tejendra Khanna on Monday asked Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar to take exemplary action against police officials accused of showing laxity in tracing the missing child and offering money to the family for hushing up the case.
At a meeting, Khanna expressed anguish over the gruesome incident and directed Kumar to speed up the investigation into the case, which has sparked an outcry.
“The lt Governor has issued a clear cut instruction to the Police Commissioner not to spare any police personnel who allegedly showed laxity in handling the case. Khanna asked Kumar to take strict and exemplary action against the erring officials,” sources said.
They said Khanna asked the police chief to handle the case in the best possible professional way and told him to direct his force to take cases of violence against women very seriously. The lt Governor also asked the top cop to brief the media regularly about investigation into the case.