The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday took suo motu cognizance of the Dumka scholar’s dying and ordered the Director General of Police to file a report.
DGP Neeraj Sinha was current within the court docket after the bench was summoned.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dr. Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan has sought a standing report on the matter.
The bench requested the DGP why the sufferer was referred to Ranchi’s Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and to not AIIMS, Deoghar, which is far nearer to Dumka.
The DGP was additionally requested to say in his report whether or not the Deoghar facility is nicely outfitted to deal with burning circumstances.
The incident passed off on August 23 in Dumka city when a person allegedly poured petrol from exterior the window of the lady’s room and set her on fireplace.
The teenager, who apparently didn’t avenge his anger, succumbed to his accidents on Sunday.
Two folks, together with the primary accused, have been arrested within the case until Tuesday afternoon.
On Monday, the Child Welfare Committee, Dumka stated the category 12 was a minor primarily based on her class 10 board examination marksheet, and sought motion in opposition to the accused underneath the POCSO Act.
The committee stated that she was round 16 years previous as per the marksheet and was not an grownup as claimed by the police.
The National Commission for Women has written a letter to the Jharkhand Police Chief, demanding an neutral inquiry into the dying of the lady little one.
“The Director General of Police has been directed to submit a preliminary report on the progress of the investigation, which should be conducted by an officer of the rank of ADG,” Chief Minister Hemant Soren stated in a Twitter publish on Monday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
