New Delhi [India], June 10 : Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Atishi slammed the BJP government over the police's failure to arrest the main accused in the brutal rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Dayalpur area in the national capital. She asked why the women are not safe despite "a four-engine BJP government" in Delhi.
"This incident has shaken not only Delhi but the entire country. Today, the biggest question is why the main accused has not been arrested yet. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta does not even have time to come here and meet the victim's family," Atishi told ANI after visiting the family of the minor girl.
"There is a four-engine BJP government in Delhi, so why are our daughters not safe?" she added.
Meanwhile, Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra told ANI that Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has spoken to the police officials regarding the incident.
"A nine-year-old girl was called to the house by a man named Naushad... The Chief Minister herself is looking into the matter. She has spoken to the police officials. Naushad is still absconding. The police believe that they will catch him by this evening or tomorrow," he said yestererday
Delhi AAP President Saurabh Bharadwaj also met the family of the victim.
"There is a fear among children here, and they don't want to go to school. The accused have not been caught yet. Delhi CM Rekha Gupta should come here and meet the family," he told ANI after meeting the family.
On Sunday, following the incident, the residents of the Dayalpur area staged a protest. The incident has sparked outrage among locals demanding swift justice for the victim.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North East Delhi, Ashish Mishra, a case has been registered at Dayalpur Police Station under relevant sections of murder and rape.
The nine-year-old girl was found dead in the Dayalpur area of northeast Delhi. Doctors said that when the girl was brought to the hospital, she was without a pulse or heartbeat.
They noted that her clothes were soaked in blood, and she was bleeding profusely from her private parts. The victim was initially taken to Dr. Aleena Nursing Home by family members before being referred to a higher-level medical facility.
Earlier, police said that a call regarding the sexual assault of a minor girl was received at Dayalpur police station on June 7.
A case has been registered under sections 103(1), 66, 13(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO Act), police added.