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Grandson, grandfather in rape-murder case: NCPCR wants FIR, post-mortem report in 3 days

New Delhi (ILNS): The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report filed by PTC News – this is a Punjabi news channel – about the half-burnt body of a 6-year-old girl who was allegedly raped. The body was found at the house of the two accused in the Jalalpur village of Tanda, which is in the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab.

In the letter to the SSP, the NCPCR asked for an inquiry into the incident followed by a report within the next three days. A true and legible copy of FIR registered in the matter and a copy of the post-mortem report of the deceased was also sought.  

In the gruesome incident, a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped, killed, and later set on fire and her half-burnt body was found at home at Jalalpur village, the police said on Thursday.

The letter revealed that the rape victim was a daughter of migrant labourer who was living in the same village as the two accused.

The two accused – Gurpreet Singh and his grandfather Surjit Singh – have been arrested on charges of murder, rape and other relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, informed the police.

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