A Vigilance inquiry report has confirmed that the SHO of Gandhi Nagar police station had tried to bribe the family of the five-year-old rape victim with Rs 2,000.
The inquiry was ordered to probe the lapses on part of the Delhi Police in the investigation of the gangrape of a five-year-old girl in East Delhi. The Vigilance report submitted to Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Saturday hinted at several lapses on the part of the SHO of Gandhi Nagar police station Dharampal Singh. The report, however, said that there was no delay in registering an FIR in the case.
The father of the child had last week alleged that the SHO of Gandhi Nagar had offered him Rs 2,000 for not registering an FIR. “The action against the SHO will be decided after a departmental inquiry, which has begun,” a senior police officer said. “The SHO, not in his uniform, offered Rs 2,000 to her family. The SHO was accompanied by a constable at the time when he offered the money to the girl’s father,” the officer added.
Police officer said that the report also pointed to lapses in investigation which led to the girl remaining untraced for two days though she was locked in a room in the building where she lived with her family. “The report noted that the SHO had not conducted the proper investigation and not tried to search for the girl,” the officer said.
The inquiry was ordered on April 19, two days after the incident came to light. Three policemen, including the SHO, were suspended from service. The girl was abducted on April 15 and was rescued when members of her family heard her screams on April 17. Two persons have been arrested.