Dehradun Police would soon secure police remand of the accused of the double murder case, involving two minor siblings in Rishikesh Parvaan Singh, from the court, said Dehradun SP Rural Sarita Dobhal. The accused is now in Suddhowala jail after being remanded on 14 days’ judicial custody.
She said that police have already collected relevant evidences related to the case from the spot. The investigating officer would file a petition seeking police remand of the accused in the court, she added. “It will help us unravel the case,” she said.
After the post-mortem report came the police had added Section 376 of IPC and Sections 5/6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to the existing FIR lodged in the Rishikesh police station. As per the medical examination report, the younger sister aged around four years had been raped before she was murdered.
The murder had sent shockwaves across the State with the accused, who is a sewak in a Grudwara, being reported to have murdered the two sisters after the elder one aged around 13 year had kicked his turban while he was having a bath.