Release compensation in Dalit girl rape, murder case as per SC/ST provisions, NCSC tells Delhi

NEW DELHI: Assuring the family of the 9-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered at a crematorium in old Nangal Raya in southwest Delhi that those responsible for the crime will be punished at the earliest, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has asked the state authorities to release the compensation as per the SC/ST provisions of the Prevention of Atrocities Act in such cases.
The NCSC took suo-moto cognisance of the incident based on some reports on Twitter.
A team of the commission comprising vice chairman Arun Haldar and members Dr. Anju Bala, Subhash Ramnath Pardhi and senior officials met the parents of the deceased child. In a statement issued after the visit on Wednesday, the NCSC said that the parents of the deceased victim told the Commission’s team that a priest at the cremation ground coerced them to cremate her body.
The mother also alleged that she suspects her daughter was raped before being killed. Family of the deceased girl demanded that the culprits be punished at the earliest.
“The NCSC vice chairman assured the family that culprits will be punished at the earliest,” it is stated. After the meeting with parents, the team of the commission also met the district magistrate and the deputy commissioner of police (South west).
In a statement issued after its team visited the girl’s family, NCSC said that POA Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act have been invoked in the case. “The DM was advised to release the compensation as per provisions of SC/ST POA rules 2016. The secretary of SC/ST department of Delhi government has assured that compensation will be provided to the family of the victim immediately,” NCSC said in a statement.