No evidence to confirm if 9-year-old girl raped before being killed: Delhi Police tells court
India TV NewsDelhi Police has told a court here that no evidence could be collected so far to confirm whether the 9-year-old girl was raped before allegedly being killed in south-west Delhi earlier this month. The investigating officer of the case told the court that the disclosure statements of the four accused have revealed that two of them — Radhey Shyam, the 55-year-old priest of the crematorium, and it's employee Kuldeep Singh -- had raped and killed the minor victim. The court, however, did not grant further interim relief on the additional ground of the alleged rape of the victim, in view of the submissions of the IO and “in view of the fact that the investigating agency itself is not sure as to whether the victim was raped or not, the interim compensation qua the same is not allowed at this stage.” The judge granted the liberty to the parties concerned to move a fresh application regarding compensation for rape, in case the investigating agency collects further material or comes to the conclusion that the victim child was raped. Delhi Police registered a case against the four accused on the basis of the statement of the minor's mother, who alleged that her daughter was raped, murdered and cremated without family's consent on August 1.