Alleging deliberate inaction on the part of police in a case of rape and murder of a minor girl, rickshaw-pullers here on Wednesday gheraoed the Town police station for hours.
The rickshaw-pullers with their tricycles supported by civil society bodies alleged that police have done nothing to bring the culprit to book although 13 days have passed since the sensitive incident took place.
The 14-year-old daughter of Kamlakanta Sethi, who was working as a domestic help in the house of one Prahllad Das near KV, was found hanging under mysterious circumstances on May 29. The door of the room was open and she was found hanging from ceiling.
The victim’s father and many others alleged that the girl was raped and murdered by Das.
‘When I left my daughter in the house of Prahallad Das (61), he had assured that he would give her education and marriage. But he proved otherwise, and after assaulting her sexually, he killed her. He should be punished. Since we are poor, we are deprived of justice.’ said the girl’s father Sethi.
Prahllad’s wife works in a Defence unit at Chandipur. It is alleged that the accused committed the crime finding alone in her house.
The police on the other hand said they had conducted the postmortem as well as polygraph test of the suspect on Monday.
‘The post mortem report doesn’t conclusively say about rape and murder. The polygraph test report is awaited. We are taking statements from other persons and collecting evidences. So far, we have not found anything substantial,’ Inspector-in-Charge of the Town police station Dillip Sahu said.