3-yr-old’s rapist
“He kidnapped a five-year-old girl from Pir Baba shrine in Civil Lines on January 5, 2017 and after raping her, he dumped her body in a septic tank at Drona Park near Rajiv Chowk. Her decomposed body was found 20 days later. On November 24, 2016, he raped and strangled a four-year-old girl and dumped her body in a vacant plot near Omaxe mall on Sohna road. The girl’s mutilated body with multiple injuries including nail and burn marks on the face, was discovered two days later,” said Kuhar. Police said that they were verifying the criminal record of the suspect and had contacted the police in Delhi, Jhansi and Gwalior. Raj Kumar, sub inspector (SI), crime branch, at sector 39, said that during his interrogation the accused man told the police that “shauk” (a liking for it ) led him to commit the crimes.
“He said he used a brick to batter the head of the victims. A psychological analysis of the accused man will be conducted to ascertain if he suffers from a medical condition. It is possible that some cases were unreported and we will continue to interrogate him during remand period,” said Kumar. The accused has been remanded to police custody for eight days.
On November 12, a three-yearold girl’s body was found in a room in sector 66, a day after she went missing while playing near her house. A post-mortem examination confirmed sexual assault before she was bludgeoned to death. A massive manhunt was launched to arrest the suspect, with over 1,200 policemen conducting round-the-clock combing operations and search parties being sent to Gwalior, Jhansi and Delhi. brother of Hardev Singh, said, “It is a big victory for humanity. We are satisfied with the judgment though we wanted court to award deaths to both the convicts.”
Appearing for the state, additional public prosecutor Surinder Kain submitted that this was a pre-planned attack and sought death penalty for both convicts.
“Singh was further involved in leading the mob to the house where the victims had hidden themselves. He was further key in exposing the victims to the rioting mob....,” the judge said in the 45-page order, noting that Sehrawat had brought kerosene from the bus to kill the victims.
Additional DCP, Kumar Gyanesh, also a member of the SIT, said, “This judgment will go a long way in restoring the faith of people in judiciary, police and criminal justice system...” The judge said the convicts were “the key in creating the common object of mob psychology and to instil the feeling of revenge and fury in the mob”. The sentence was welcomed by Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and SAD leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal. “Justice has finally been meted out to the perpetrators of the heinous crimes. Hope others involved in the attacks are also soon brought to book...” the CM tweeted.