The mother of the five-year-old sexual assault victim from Madhya Pradesh, who died in Nagpur on Monday evening, has demanded harshest of punishment for the accused. She demanded that the accused be burnt to death publicly, which, according to her, would act as a deterrent. The parents of the deceased minor have been escorted back to MP with police protection. Meanwhile, the post-mortem report, which was due on Tuesday, was not disclosed till the time of going to the press.
The shocked parents of the girl, who passed away following a cardiac arrest after battling for life for nine days at a private hospital in Nagpur, received the body on Tuesday morning after the post-mortem at the Government Medical College Hospital. They later left for Seoni, escorted by a team of Madhya Pradesh police, led by inspector S. Varthi.
The deceased was allegedly sexually assaulted on April 17 by 35-year-old Firoz Khan. Khan was arrested from Hussainabad town in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar on April 23. The girl was airlifted to Nagpur on April 20.
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2 killed, 1 injured in Karad mishap
AGE CORRESPONDENT
Mumbai, April 30
Two motorists were killed and another suffered injuries on Tuesday afternoon after a tyre of their car burst and it turned turtle on a bridge in Malkapur near Karad city in the Satara district. According to the Karad city police, the incident took place at around 2.30 pm on the Dheberadi bridge in Malkapur. The three men were coming from Bengaluru and were on their way to Pune.
“During investigation, we found that their car’s tyres were of poor quality. One of the tyres burst and the speeding car’s driver lost control over the wheels. The right side of the car hit the divider and after skidding for few metres it turned turtle killing both of them on the spot,” said investigating official, assistant inspector A.K Thakur of Karad city police station. The three men were rushed to the nearby Krushna Hospital, but two of them were declared dead due to grievous head injures, while the third person is said to be in a stable condition. The police has ruled out involvement of a second vehicle in the accident. “We are waiting for the third person to gain consciousness, after which we will record his statements,” added Mr Thakur.