Victims’ families demand trial in fast track court

Families of minor girls who were allegedly abducted and raped by 23-yearold Sunil Kumar, who was later identified as a serial killer by Gurugram Police, have submitted before the special court that his trial should be held in a fast track court. They cited a recent case in Sikar, Rajasthan, in which a man, booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, was convicted within five days.

Kumar was arrested in December last year from Magarpur village in Jhansi, Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in Gurugram’s Sector 66. Kumar is accused of raping and murdering at least 15 minor girls in Gurugram, Delhi, Gwalior and Jhansi. During interrogation, Kumar had confessed to raping and killing all minor girls after abducting them from community kitchens, the police said.

Families of at least three girls from Gurugram along with social and judicial activists approached the special court on Monday and demanded that this case be tried on fast track basis. “They have also given a written application for compensation,” victim’s counsel Anju Rawat Negi said.

“We want the accused to be tried in a fast track court so that justice is delivered to the victims’ families. We have seen how the accused managed to evade the judicial system by using legal tricks,” said a family member of one of the victims.