New Delhi, April 10 Expressing deep shock, the Supreme Court intervened in the harrowing rape-murder case of a four-year-old girl in Ghaziabad on Friday, summoning the police commissioner and the investigating officer on April 13 with the case records.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi took note of the submissions of senior lawyer N Hariharan, appearing for the victim's father, a daily wage laborer, and expressed its displeasure over the manner in which the state police had conducted the investigation so far in the case.
The CJI criticized the state police and two private hospitals for their "complete indifference" and "insensitive approach" after the girl succumbed to her injuries following the alleged rape.
On March 16, the victim was allegedly lured away by a neighbor under the pretext of buying chocolates, and when the child did not return, a search led the father to find her unconscious and covered in blood. She later succumbed to her injuries at a government hospital in Ghaziabad.
