The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has lashed out at Dumka district administration for shoddy investigation and non-cooperative attitude with NCPCR team when they visited the district following the murder of two minor girls in district last week.
NCPCR chief Priyank Kanoongo alleged that despite informing the State Government about the visit of panel members to the victim’s house the attitude of Jharkhand Government was uncooperative and impending the probe. The NCPCR chief took to Twitter to express his ordeal trying to visit and contact the families of the victims.
In a tweet, Kanoongo wrote, “I have come to Dumka to investigate two cases, had informed the Jharkhand government earlier that the family of a Scheduled Tribe girl who was raped and hanged from a tree, will be visited by a team of @NCPCR_ on which the local The collector had also given consent.”
In a subsequent tweet, he wrote, “and after deciding the program to go to the victim’s house, the administration had confirmed us. But after coming to their village, the parents could not be found at home, the neighbours told us that before we came, someone had taken the parents in a jeep. This attitude of the government is very uncooperative and obstructs the investigation.”
In the rape and subsequent murder of 14 year-old tribal girl, the NCPCR chief alleged that the accused’s brother had threatened the victim’s family but the police did not register an FIR over it.
“The accused’s brother has threatened the relatives of the victim. Yet, the police have not registered an FIR on this. We have requested the police to register an FIR and arrest the accused’s brother,” he said.
The 14-year-old tribal girl was found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand’s Dumka early on September 2 by the locals. The girl was allegedly raped and murdered. The accused, Arman Ansari, was arrested.
The entire plan of NCPCR team visit was conveyed in two letters first dated 31 August mentioning National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) team visiting Dumka to take stock of the status on the death of a minor girl who died days after set on fire by her alleged stalker. Second letter was sent on September 4 referring to the death of the minor tribal girl. The letter mentions that the team will also take stock of the status of the incident along with convening a meeting with DC, SP, Investigating Officer of the case and Doctors who conducted the autopsy of the minor victim girl, besides to meet/interact with the family members of the deceased minor girl.
The two horrible murders that took place recently in Dumka have shocked the whole nation. A 14-year-old tribal girl was raped and hanged from a tree by a certain Arman Ansari. Late last month, a teenage girl was burnt alive while sleeping in her home by her stalker Shahrukh Hussain and his friend for ignoring his advances.