Five policemen, including an SHO, have been suspended for alleged negligence, five days after the mutilated body of a three-year-old girl was found in a garbage dump in Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, triggering a huge public outcry over the brutality of the murder. The policemen were suspended for alleged delay in registering the case after the girl was reported missing, and also for delaying the probe which eventually led to the discovery of her body on June 2, officials said.
Tappal police station officials registered the case on May 31, a day after she had gone missing.
Two suspects have been arrested and police say the case is a fallout of a monetary dispute.
The accused -- Zahid and Aslam -- have confessed to killing the girl after her father failed to return Rs 12,000 he had borrowed from them, police sources said. The girl's father, Banwarilal Sharma, had threatened to fast unto death, demanding the arrest of the accused's family members who, he said, "colluded" in the crime.
Proceedings have begun to charge the duo under the National Security Act, Kulhari has said. A six-member SIT has been formed to investigate the case and a female inspector had been appointed to carry forward the probe, he said.
The minor's brutal killing has led to a huge public condemnation. Congress president Rahul Gandhi expressed shock over the incident and wondered how any human being can treat a child so brutally.
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