Following the murder of a 19-year-old girl in a crowded New Delhi market on Thursday night, Delhi minister Satyendra Jain has written a letter to commissioner of police BS Bassi, demanding a detailed report as to why no action had been taken before against the stalker who allegedly stabbed the girl with the help of his mother and brother.
Jain wrote in the letter that despite complaints from the deceased girl of the accused repeatedly stalking and traumatizing her, no FIR was registered by the police in this matter.
The minister even indicated in the letter that Delhi police had not improved the slightest post the deadly Nirbhaya rape and death incident that shocked the capital city in 2012.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this matter saying the Delhi police came directly under the PM and that he should spare a few hours every week to assess the capital’s law and order situation.
I have called the police commissioner on monday to discuss this case and law n order situation.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 18, 2015
मिनाक्षी का क़त्ल दिल दहलाने वाला है। दिल्ली में कानून व्यवस्था हर दिन बिगड़ती जा रही है(1/2)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 18, 2015
दिल्ली पुलिस सीधे प्रधानमंत्री जी के अंडर है। या तो प्रधानमंत्री जी कुछ करें और या फिर दिल्ली पुलिस को दिल्ली सरकार को सौंपे(2/2)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 18, 2015
@abpnewstv This is shocking. Delhi police directly under PM. PM shud spare a few hrs every week to assess capital’s law n order position
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) July 17, 2015
Witnesses in a market at Punjabi Basti colony in Anand Parbat were left terrified when 22-year-old accused Jai Prakash, who had earlier been sent behind bars for stalking, stabbed the girl in full public view.
The victim, Meenakshi was with her neighbour at the market, returning home with groceries when Prakash allegedly blocked her way and passed a lewd remark.
After Meenakshi protested, Prakash took out a knife and as his mother and brother Eelu held the girl by her hair, the accused stabbed her in the abdomen and shoulder, said witnesses. The neighbour present at the spot with the girl had no time to react.
“She was lying in a pool of blood and the two brothers were stabbing her. When I tried to push them away, Jai Prakash stabbed me on my shoulder and slit my wrist,” Meenakshi’s mother, who had rushed to the spot after hearing the commotion had said. The girl was allegedly stabbed 35 times.