Disclaimer: This article contains graphic details of a crime. Discretion advised.
In a shocking incident, a 9-year-old girl was raped, murdered and later cremated allegedly by a crematorium priest and three other employees near Delhi Cantonment in southwest Delhi. According to Hindustan Times, the four accused have been arrested.
According to Outlook, the victim’s family live in a rented house near the crematorium. At 5.30 in the evening, the girl went to fetch cold water from a cooler at the crematorium after informing her mother.
At 6 PM, the crematorium priest, Radhey Shyam, and three other men known to the mother showed her the victim’s body and claimed that she passed away after being electrocuted by the cooler. They even showed her burn marks on the victim’s wrist and her lips had turned blue, reported a senior police official.
दिल्ली में हाथरस जैसा मामला, रेप करने के बाद वाल्मीकि समाज की 9 साल की बच्ची को जलाया!
देश की राजधानी में हाथरस जैसी हैवानियत की घटना. 9 साल की दलित बच्ची से रेप और उसके बाद जलाने का आरोप है. प्रशासन पर भी आरोप है कि पीड़ित के परिवार पर केस वापस लेने का दबाव बनाया जा रहा है… pic.twitter.com/L4b3wFpw37
— Meena Kotwal (@KotwalMeena) August 2, 2021
HT further reports that the 4 men allegedly told the girl’s mother that the child was “electrocuted to death”, and also “frightened the family off from informing the police” by telling them that the police would register a case and send the body for an autopsy, where doctors will “take out her vital organs and sell them”.
However, on Sunday night, 200 villagers staged a protest. The residents came to know about the incident after the mother raised an alarm about how the girl was cremated without the family’s consent. The villagers allegedly broke down the crematorium gate and protested, demanding the arrest of the accused.
दिल्ली कैंट के शमशान के अंदर पानी लेने गई 9 साल की बच्ची के साथ शमशान में मौजूद लोगों ने कथित तौर पर गैंगरेप किया और फिर उसे जिंदा जला दिया,वहां मौजूद अन्य लोगों ने इस बात की पुष्टि भी की है फिर भी अभी तक कोई जांच नहीं हुई है,मैं दिल्ली पुलिस से जल्द न्याय की मांग करती हूँ !! pic.twitter.com/QHz3TE0bKL
— Yogita Bhayana योगिता भयाना (@yogitabhayana) August 2, 2021
Following the protest and “circumstantial evidence”, the police have registered a case for rape, murder and criminal intimidation.
This incident has caused a massive outrage online. Protests have broken out in Delhi as well. On Twitter, #JusticeForDelhiCanttGirl started trending as people demanded justice for the victim.
पीड़िता की माँ ने बताया एकलौती संतान थी
मां ने बताया बिटिया मेरे से साइकल ख़रीदने की आज कल ज़िद कर रही थी अब कौन कहेगा मुझे अब
पिता का कहना है बेटी मेरे खाना खिलाने का पूरा ध्यान रखती थी हमेशा पूछती रहती थी पापा खाना खा लिया लिया क्या ?अब कौन रखेगा#JusticeForDelhiCanttGirl pic.twitter.com/dPq2EWZIQN
— Yogita Bhayana योगिता भयाना (@yogitabhayana) August 3, 2021
दिल्ली में 9 साल की दलित बच्ची की रेप के बाद हत्या, जबरन किया शव का अंतिम संस्कार
लोगों में ज़बरदस्त आक्रोश।
#JusticeForDelhiCanttGirl pic.twitter.com/tOEVLDIxTm
— National Dastak (@NationalDastak) August 2, 2021
We pledge to leave no stone unturned to get justice for the little girl. #JusticeForDelhiCanttGirl https://t.co/us1GwXp14j
— Abhinandita Dayal Mathur (@abhinandita_m) August 2, 2021
We want justice ⚖ #JusticeForDelhiCanttGirl
— Vinod Tatiwal Official (@vinod_tatiwal) August 2, 2021
We the people of India 🇮🇳 want#JusticeForDelhiCanttGirl
As the 9 years old girl child was brutally raped,killed and burned by priest along with his three other partner in Delhi Cantt. @PriyankaSamy @PJkanojia @THE_MMES @YogeshM39 @indubalagothwal @aadi_reg @FOUNDERofMMES pic.twitter.com/mDwwfDHwCu
— Pushpendra Valmiki (@LOVINGRAJATRAJ) August 3, 2021
we can't supposed to tell us that how's people living in our surrounding..catch those accused and give hard punishment like fanshi #JusticeForDelhiCanttGirl 😠 https://t.co/ifxX45KwAz
— Ritesh Ranjan (@imriteshranjan) August 3, 2021
We hope that a thorough investigation is conducted and the guilty are punished!