Days after an adolescent from Jharkhand’s Dumka district died of burns at Ranchi’s premier Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), after a hunter who had turned down his advances, it has emerged that The sufferer was a minor and authorities officers mentioned POCSO sections could possibly be added to the FIR.
The accused Shahrukh has been arrested.
On Wednesday, a senior state authorities official mentioned they’re revising the juvenile’s age to 16 years — the age the police had initially set at 19. “A certificate was sent to us by a family member, in which the year of his birth is mentioned as 2006. In the light of things, we will amend the age, and perhaps sections of the POCSO Act will be added to the existing FIR,” the official mentioned.
The household remains to be battling to return to phrases with actuality. Her father, who works at a non-public concern, mentioned, “Woh ladka meri beti ko bahut pareshan karta thha. Meri beti boli bhi thhi, par humko nahi maloom thha ki sab kuch itni jaldi ho jayega (that person used to harass my daughter, and she had informed me. But I did not realise it would take this tragic path so quickly).”
She was at school XII. Her father had earlier instructed The Indian Express, “She was very proud of herself… She always wanted to join the police force. I have always supported her decision.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
