PTI
SONIPAT, FEBRUARY 27
A three-member committee of women police officers, constituted to go into complaints of alleged rape incidents at Murthal, near Sonepat, during the Jat stir, visited the place on Saturday.
The team is led by DIG Dr Rajshree Singh and comprises DSPs Bharti Dabas and Surinder Kaur.
Clothes’ recovery
Asked about the recovery of some clothes belonging to women at Murthal on the Delhi-Ambala National Highway, Dr Rajshree told reporters, “These had been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination. Let us see, what comes out.”
Asked how challenging would it be for the police to identify the culprits, she said police officers were visiting the “scene of the crime” to collect clues and talking to people in this regard.
“We will try to dig out the truth”
“It is challenging. But let us see, what happens,” she said, asserting, “It will be our endeavour that truth comes out. We appeal to all citizens who have any clue to forward. They should meet us and tell us whatever they have seen, they should share with us all details and we will try to bring out the truth. We are visiting the scene of crime and meeting people.”
On Friday, the Haryana government said it would act “swiftly” as and when it receives complaint on alleged sexual assault during Jat agitation.
The police earlier maintained that no concrete evidence was found so far that could prove sexual assault or rape of women at Murthal during the Jat stir.
Court takes suo motu cognisance
The Punjab and Haryana High Court had taken suo motu cognisance of a media report, which said that several women were raped at a highway in Murthal during the Jat stir.
The Court had asked the Haryana DGP and Home Secretary to submit separate detailed report on this incident.
Govt in denial mode
However, the State government had been maintaining that no such incident took place.
IANS adds from Gurgaon: The residents of violence-hit Jhajjar district in Haryana on Saturday told a visiting central minister that the Armed Forces deployed in their area should continue to provide them security for several weeks more.
The people told the Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjeet Singh that they still feared for their security and had little trust left in the local police and civil administration after the trail of violence left by the Jat community’s agitation for reservations.
The police and civil administration remained inactive during the nine days of violent Jat agitation despite several complaints and messages for help, they said.
Rao Inderjeet Singh on Saturday visited various areas of Jhajjar, some 45 km from here, to enquire after the well being of people living there.
He said he would discuss the issue with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
The Minister paid condolences to families of three Saini youths, belonging to non-Jat community, who were killed during the violence.
He also went to Silani Chowk, where the statue of one freedom fighter and Rao Inderjeet’s ancestor Rao Tula Ram was demolished by miscreants’ during the Jat agitation.
Rao Inderjeet Singh addressed a gathering of people and appealed to them to maintain peace and harmony.
