A Muslim teenager was raped and later murdered allegedly by another community on September 2 in Palamu. The incident took place 200 km away from her hometown Hazaribagh in Jharkhand. Her body was found in the rented flat of the murderer. The situation is all tense in Hazaribagh District.
The girl, a final year BCom student of Hazaribagh Women’s College, had left her house on September 2 to her college to submit her project. She did not return since then. When the family failed to find her they lodged a missing complaint at Hazaribagh Police Station. Her body was found on 5th September
Meanwhile, the police have apprehended the juvenile youth, in whose rented apartment, the body was found. According to the police, the accused during interrogation told them that the girl committed suicide.
However, her family members have declined the police theory and alleged that it was a killing and a murder case be immediately lodged in connection with the gruesome incident.
The family openly stated that they strongly believed that the girl was gangraped before being bumped off. And the police were trying to pass the case as a suicide. While the local youths organized a protest demanding justice for the family. Following the protest, the local police have booked 400 persons in the FIR.
According to her family, her body bore deep injury marks indicating that she was brutally assaulted and later murdered. They also believed that she might have been gangraped by some other person and demanded justice for their daughter. And to investigate the case with proper professional investigation.
“The body had injury marks all over as if somebody had assaulted her physically. Her right leg and hand were fractured. A nail was found pierced in her face and we strongly suspect that she might have been gangraped before being killed,” her brother said.
The incident sparked off a protest, especially the youth took to the street demanding justice. The police promptly lodged an FIR against 400 persons in which it stated that 350 persons were unidentified and named 40 of them.
Special IG (retd) and Prominent Muslim intellectual Abdur Rahman tweeted on September 9 to CM Soren, stating, “As per reports received from Jharkhand, Hazaribagh police are troubling the family of the girl and there is organized attempt to protect the accused and his associates. Sorenji assert yourself by transferring the case to CID & ensure justice,” Rahman stated.