A minor girl was allegedly raped, murdered and forcibly cremated on august 1. According to the police, the girl resides with her family in a rented house just opposite the crematorium.
She went to bring cool water from a water cooler at the crematorium. After that she went missing. She did not return home.
Later, The priest of the crematorium, Radhey Shyam, who is 55 years old and three employees – Kuldeep, Salim and Laxminarayan who are known to the girl’s mother, called her to the crematorium and showed the girl’s dead body.
They told her that the girl was electrocuted while drinking water from the cooler. By the time, the mother could realize what really happened to the girl, the four accused cremated the girl without her mother’s consent.
The mother raised an alarm and called her husband, Very soon, the news spread like wild fire and around 200 people gathered at the crematorium. They informed the police. The police registered a case and arrested the priest.
Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi met the parents of the girl who was allegedly raped and murdered and forcibly cremated by the priest and the employees of the crematorium.
“I spoke with the family, they want justice and nothing else. They’re saying that justice is not being given to them and they should be helped. We will do that. I have said that I am standing with them. Rahul Gandhi is standing with them until they get justice,” said Rahul Gandhi.
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