Two minor sisters gang raped by four men; later murdered in Haryana’s Sonipat

Sonipat (Haryana), August 12: A horrific incident of sexual crime has surfaced from Haryana’s Sonipat, less than 70 kilometres from the country’s Parliament House in Delhi, where two minor girls – aged 14 and 16 – were gang raped by four and later murdered.

The police has registered a case under relevant sections of law, including POSCO and have arrested all the four accused, said Ravi Kumar, SHO of Kundli police station, under whose jurisdiction lies the locality where the crime occurred, over the phone.

According to the preliminary investigations, all the accused, aged between 22 and 25 years,  are migrant workers from Bihar and lived in a rented room next to the house of the girls. The girls, aged 14 and 16, lived with their mother and also worked as labourers.

In the middle of the intervening night of 5^th and 6^th August, the accused forcibly entered into their house, threatened their mother and raped both the girls. The ordeal of the two victims did not end with their rape, later they were also forced to drink insecticide.

It was only when the condition of one of the girl’s worsened that they allowed the mother to take them for medical treatment. They instructed the mother to tell all concerned that her daughters were bitten by a snake. Even though the girls were immediately taken to a hospital in Delhi, one girl was pronounced ‘brought dead’ on arrival, soon the other sister also expired, even though she was medically being treated.

Kumar later said, “Initially fearing for their lives, the helpless mother told the hospital authorities that both sisters were bitten by a snake. However, the Police felt that there might be some foul play involved. They later convinced the woman to share the true story.”

“Our team visited the hospital to verify these facts; the doctors’ observations also corroborated that both the girls died due to pesticide and not due to snake bite,” Police officials said.

Even the post mortem report confirmed that both girls were tortured, sexually assaulted and poisoned. Police immediately swung into action and on Tuesday took all the four accused into custody, as per the SHO.

The four men hail from Bihar and after the gang rape of the minors issued threats to the mother with the life of the victims. “Now, I want justice for both my daughters”.

Four youths identified as Dukhan Pandit, Ram Suhag, Foolchand and Arun Kumar have been named in the FIR by the victims’ mother. Police officials insist that appropriate sections have been used while registering the case under POCSO Act and other relevant sections of IPC.