Faridabad Dalit children killing: CBI court fixes December 20 as next date of hearing

CHANDIGARH: Nearly three years have passed when two Dalit children were burnt to death in Sunpedh village in Faridabad district, but the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has failed to submit the charge sheet.
The CBI on Thursday again sought time to complete investigation from Panchkula CBI court.
Opposing CBI’s plea, defence counsel Abhishek Singh Rana submitted a plea before the court.He told the bench that the CBI intentionally delaying investigation while nearly three years have passed.
Special CBI Judge, Panchkula, Jagdeep Singh has now fixed December 20 as next date of hearing.
On October 20, 2015, two children were burnt to death in Sunpedh village in Faridabad district of Haryana. The victims were a nine-month-old girl and two-and-half-year-old boy.
So far, 12 people were arrested in the case and later they got the bail-in absence of any charge sheet. They have been identified as Adal Singh Rawat, Desh Raj, Naunihal, Joginder, Jagat, Aman, Akash, Balwant, Sanjay, Dharam Singh, Kartar and a juvenile.
While the case against 11 accused is in Panchkula CBI court, the case against the juvenile is in Faridabad juvenile court.
Jitender Kumar, the victims’ father, had said that people belonging to the Rajput community had barged into their house at 3am, poured petrol through a window inside the room where he and his wife were sleeping with the two children and set it ablaze.
The accused, however, had maintained that they were framed as they were pursuing a case and witnesses in the murder of three Rajput men where 11 Dalits were accused.
On October 5, 2014, three members of the Rajput community, Indraj, Mohan Lal and Bharat Pal, were killed in a fight which took place between them and the Dalits over a mobile phone. Jitendar Kumar’s two brothers are accused in the case.
The CBI had lodged an FIR on October 29, 2015, under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes [Prevention of Atrocities] Act, on the basis of an FIR registered by the local police.