Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday questioned the law and order situation in the national Capital and urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to take action citing two crimes in the last 36 hours.
Taking to Twitter, Kejriwal tweeted, “Deeply concerned by the murder of a 8-yr-old girl in Khichdipur and attack on a 17-yr-old boy in Kalkaji. Delhi's law and order situation is in a serious turmoil, I appeal to Hon’ble Home Minister and Lt. Gov to take appropriate action to address the situation.”
His tweet came after a 17-year-old boy was beaten up and stabbed for allegedly opposing three boys who were stalking his sister and passing"indecent remarks" on her in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji area.
According to a senior police official, the incident took place on Friday near a school in southeast Delhi's Kalkaji area. “The injured boy, a resident of Sarvodaya camp in Kalkaji Nagar, was taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre for treatment. He was shifted to Operation Theatre so he could not be examined,” he said.
“In her statement, the victim's sister said that on Friday while she was with her brother, three boys followed her and passed indecent remarks on her. When her brother objected to it, they all started beating him and one of them stabbed him on left side of abdomen and fled from the spot,” said the senior police official adding that he was shifted to AIIMS Trauma centre where he is still unfit for statement.
“Police have registered a case under section 307 (attempt to murder), 354 D (stalking), 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) and further investigation is going on,” said R P Meena, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Southeast district.
“Efforts are being made to trace the accused who are residents of JJ camp, Giri Nagar in the area of Govindpuri,” said the DCP.
Earlier, two days ago, a body of a nine-year-old girl, who was kidnapped from east Delhi’s Khichripur three days ago, was found in the sugarcane fields of a village in Modinagar, near Ghaziabad, on Friday morning.
The police had said that the autopsy has ruled out sexual assault. Four alleged kidnappers, who live in the same neighbourhood as the girl’s family, have been arrested in connection with the kidnap and murder.
The arrested persons were identified by their first names — Johnny alias Shiva, the key suspect, his cousin Naresh, Kailash and Tarun. “In the kidnapping and murder case of Kalyanpuri, four persons have been arrested and the weapon of the offence has been recovered,” said a senior police official.
