KANPUR: The kin of the teenager gang-rape victim, who died after giving birth to a stillborn, have demanded capital punishment for the accused.
Speaking to reporters, the brother of the 15-year-old deceased girl on Thursday said that he wants nothing, except justice for his sister.
“I just want the accused to be hanged till death,” he said and added, “Also, the police should arrest two unidentified persons at the earliest.”
Station house officer Kakwan Kaushalendra Pratap, however, said that the family members have not given any information about the unknown persons. “Efforts are being made to identify them,” said the SHO further.
To recall, a minor victim of gang-rap, after giving birth to a stillborn baby, died at the maternity-childcare wing of Lala Lajpat Rai hospital on Tuesday where she was brought in a serious condition during the early hours of Tuesday.
The police had sent the bodies of the girl and her stillborn for postmortem.
On October 11, 2021, a resident of a village in Kakwan area had lodged a complaint against four persons, including a ‘lekhpal’, of gang-raping his 15-year-old daughter and later threatening to kill her when she became pregnant.
On the basis of the complaint, the police on the same day had registered a case against the lekhpal, Ranjit Barwar, Karan alias Barau and two unidentified persons under sections of gang-rape, intimidation and POCSO Act.
On December 6, the police had arrested Karan and sent him to jail. The family members of the victim have been demanding the arrest of the accused lekhpal.
Superintendent of police (Outer) Ajit Kumar Sinha on late Tuesday night had informed through official Twitter handle that Ranjit Barwar was arrested by a police team led by circle officer Bilhaur from near the tehsil area late Tuesday night.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
