Having failed to get any breakthrough in Pinki murder case, where the victim was found strangulated to death in a jute sack on Sunday, Chandigarh Police on Thursday announced a cash reward of Rs one lakh for any information leading to arrest of the accused.
RP Upadhyay, Inspector General of Chandigarh police said, search operations in the entire Palsora village are being carried out by the Special Investigation Team (SIT); meanwhile police is expecting to get more help from general public with the announcement of reward money.
The information could be passed on to the SSP of UT police on phone number 0172-2760807 or to the Station House Officer (SHO) of PS, sector-39 on 9779580939. Officials said identity of the person giving information would not be revealed.
Pinki, an 11 year-old student of class VI, who went missing on November 27, was recovered in a jute sack from the forest area of furniture market at sector-52 on December 1. The postmortem examination of deceased confirmed the possibility of sexual assault prior to the murder of victim. The girl was strangulated to death with a plastic rope, which was found in the jute sack, in which body was packed.
BOX: Candle march held: Seeking justice for Pinki, residents of Palsora village on Thursday took out a candle light march from Village Palsora to the roundabout of sector-40. The candle light march amid tight police security, was attended by around 100 people including the family members of the victim.