5-yr-old’s rape: Court seeks status report on errant cops

A month after a five-year-old was allegedly gang raped, a court on Tuesday asked Delhi Police what action it had taken on a complaint seeking registration of FIRs against police personnel for alleged irregularities in the case. The court sought a status report by May 29.

A month after a five-year-old was allegedly gang raped, a court on Tuesday asked Delhi Police what action it had taken on a complaint seeking registration of FIRs against police personnel for alleged irregularities in the case. The court sought a status report by May 29.

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Special Judge Narottam Kaushal passed the order on a complaint filed by RTI activist Vivek Garg seeking registration of an FIR against three suspended policemen — ACP Bani Singh Ahlawat, inspector Dharampal Singh and sub-inspector Mahavir Singh — and other officers, who allegedly threatened the minor girl’s family and offered them money to hush up the matter.

Garg has sought registration of FIR against ACP Ahlawat for slapping a 17-year-old girl protester, who was trying to meet the 5-year-old rape victim at a hospital.