9-Year-Old In Delhi Allegedly Raped, Murdered, Body Forcibly Cremated

The priest and his accomplices said the child got electrocuted while drinking water from cooler. They also asked the parents not to inform the police saying organs are stolen during postmortem

A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered and her body forcibly cremated by her attackers in Delhi. The police have detained a priest in the case along with three others and investigations are on. The locals are holding a protest in the area demanding justice. The child from an economically backward family lived with her parents in Purana Nangal in the Delhi Cantonment area, close to the crematorium. She had gone to the crematorium last evening to fetch drinking water from the cooler but never returned. Around 6 pm, some locals who knew the cremation ground priest Radheshyam, called her mother to the crematorium and showed her the body. They said she got electrocuted while drinking water from cooler. There were burn marks on the child's wrist and elbow. Her lips were also blue, her mother said.