Alleged Rape and Murder of 9-Year-Old Dalit Girl in Delhi Has Twitter Enraged
A 9-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped, murdered, and forcibly cremated by a priest and three employees of a crematorium in Southwest Delhi.
The family members of the girl have accused the police of negligence, and are demanding a copy of the FIR, which they have not yet received. Apparently, the girl was acquainted with the accused persons, Radhey Shyam, the priest at the crematorium, and Kuldeep Kumar (63), Laxmi Narain (48) and Mohd Salim (49).
Reportedly, the girl lived in a rented space near the crematorium and went to get water from a cooler there at around 6 pm on Sunday. After that, the priest and three employees of the crematorium informed her mother that the girl had died of electrocution.
The accused then persuaded the girl's mother to cremate her as quickly as possible. They had claimed that if police file a case, the doctor's would steal the girl's organs during post-mortem, The Indian Express reported.
The mother claims that given the hurried cremation, the accused have sexually harassed her daughter.
The incident has saddened and angered users on Twitter, who have called for better action from authorities.
This is disgusting and horrifying. What is wrong with people. https://t.co/ulKPOVUgnF
— Andre Borges (@borges) August 3, 2021
#NotMyIndia https://t.co/5wdsekTyyx
— Deepali R Prabhu (@Deepali_p) August 3, 2021
A 9 year old gang raped and ‘cremated’ would shake the core of any civilised society but after Kathua, Hathras and many many more, it doesn’t shock anymore
Shattered & disgusted #RIP little angel https://t.co/1mrGoSDjeu— Shivani Chopra (@ShivaniChopra_) August 2, 2021
Capital of the greatest Democracy....it is very very unfortunate to be born as girl / women in this country... https://t.co/OsvxQCncAZ
— Archana Pawar (@archu2306) August 2, 2021
Shameful for all Indians if such incidents are happening and people are not raising their voice . ♀️#FarmersProtest #FarmersParliament #ModiMedia_HatesFarmers https://t.co/Vrcxh7dXmV
— Geeta Mishra (@GeetaMi84756567) August 3, 2021
Trigger warning :
Caste atrocities and inhuman crimes continue, yet people find solace in ignoring this. The union government hasn't taken one favorable step against issues like rape and caste crimes. However prominent the case is, they'd rather be inactive. https://t.co/8pE0nEIb3E— Arya (@RantingDosa) August 3, 2021
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