Following the Haryana Government’s recommendation of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of two children of a Dalit family in Faridabad by upper-caste perpetrators, the agency registered a case into the incident on Thursday.
A team deputed by the CBI visited the Sun Perh village of Faridabad where two toddlers, two-and-a-half years old Vaibhav and 9-month-old Divya had died after their house was set on fire by members of an upper caste community on the intervening night of October 19 and 20.
Their mother Rekha is currently in Safdarjang Hospital in New Delhi with 70 per cent burns while father Jitender also sustained injuries in the incident.
The perpetrators who were from upper caste were alleged to had poured petrol into their house from an open window and set it on fire after locking the doors from outside.
After the incident, the villagers of Sun Perh had staged protests with the bodies of two children demanding CBI inquiry into the matter and immediate arrest of the culprits.
As the incident sparked outrage in the country, Haryana Government had decided to go for a CBI probe.
Meanwhile, the CBI has registered a case of murder against 11 persons in connection with the killings. CBI sources said as per the laid down procedure, the agency has taken over the investigation in the FIR registered by the local police which had named 11 persons in the case.
A team of agency officials reached the crime scene and also, collected forensic evidence.
The team headed by a DIG level officer is in the process of understanding the circumstances of the incident. The CBI team also met victim Jitender.