“In the Sultanpuri incident, case registered under sections 279/304A/304/120B/34 of the Indian penal code (IPC) after collection of physical, oral, forensic and other scientific evidence, the police have added Section 302 of the IPC, in place of Section 304. Further investigation into the case is under way,” Sagar Preet Hooda, particular commissioner (regulation and order), mentioned.
The house ministry on Thursday had directed the Delhi Police to slap Part 302 of Indian Penal Code (homicide) on the accused.
The ministry, appearing on directions of residence minister Amit Shah, additionally referred to as for quick suspension of all of the police personnel manning three police management room (PCR) automobiles and two police pickets blamed by a inquiry report for oversight and lapses that led to the horrific crime, adopted by a time-bound inquiry to determine on appropriate motion towards them, sources informed TOI.
The house ministry, based mostly on a report submitted to it by the inquiry panel headed by Delhi Police Particular Commissioner Shalini Singh on the lapses recognized by it within the Kanjhawala case, has additionally directed the Delhi Police commissioner to concern a show-cause discover to the supervisory officer of the district the place the crime occurred, and relying on the reply, take strict motion within the occasion of the inquiry establishing any guilt or lapses.
With the inquiry report having discovered stretches via which Anjali Singh, the sufferer, was dragged by the automotive, to be darkish and abandoned, the house ministry has directed the Delhi Police to make sure the deployment of enough CCTVs in addition to correct lighting on distant and abandoned roads and streets in Outer Delhi space.
A very powerful motion ordered by MHA based mostly on the inquiry report, which stands to straight affect the course of the Kanjhawala case, is slapping homicide fees towards the accused by including Part 302 of IPC to the FIR.
The sufferer’s relations have been demanding that the accused be charged for homicide. Some individuals had even protested exterior the Sultanpuri Police Station to press this demand. 5 accused within the Kanjhawala case — Deepak Khanna, Amit Khanna, Krishan,Mithun and Manoj Mittal have been arrested by police shortly after the incident. Later, the Delhi Police arrested two extra individuals — Ashutosh and Ankush Khanna — for allegedly shielding the accused.