A heart-wrenching incident has emerged from Haryana, where a 35-year-old woman, a garbage collector living in a slum near the Delhi-Firozpur railway line, was gang-raped, and her five-year-old daughter was brutally murdered—possibly after being raped. The minor’s body was buried without a post-mortem at the Bankhand Mahadev crematorium, raising serious questions about the initial police response and local handling.

The Crime

• On Tuesday night, the victim was asleep with her children when four males, including three minors aged between 13 and 16, forcibly entered her hut.
• The assailants, led by a man named Amit, allegedly rendered the woman unconscious, strangled her daughter with a rope, and gang-raped her on a garbage heap.
• She remained unconscious through the night, and her daughter’s body was hurriedly buried the next day, allegedly without informing police or conducting post-mortem.

Background of the Dispute

• The woman’s family had a dispute with Amit and his associates 15 days earlier, which turned violent and left her husband injured.
• The woman alleges that Amit and his younger brothers nursed a grudge since that incident.

Aftermath and Police Action

• A woman from the slum found the survivor unconscious the next morning and took her home.
• Upon regaining consciousness on Thursday, the victim narrated the ordeal.
• A case has been registered under gang rape and murder charges.
• Authorities exhumed the girl's body late Thursday in the presence of a magistrate.
• Post-mortem is pending, and the possibility of the minor girl’s sexual assault is being investigated.

Police Statement

Sub-Inspector Yashveer, the investigating officer, confirmed that a case has been registered and that the buried body has been retrieved for examination. He stated that confirmation of rape on the child will be possible only after the post-mortem report.

Rising Questions

• Why was no immediate police or medical help called after the girl’s death?
• Why did the family bury the child without formalities?
• What steps are being taken to ensure the accused minors are handled appropriately under the law?