Faridabad (Haryana): CBI has registered a case of murder against 11 people in connection with the killing of two infants of a dalit family in an alleged arson attack in Sunped, Haryana. Sources said that as per the laid down procedure, the agency has taken over the investigation in the FIR registered by the local police which had named 11 people in the case.
A team of agency officials, headed by a DIG level officer is in the process of collecting forensic evidence and understanding the circumstances of the incident. Some upper cast persons allegedly poured petrol from window and set ablaze the house of Jitender, a dalit, in which his wife Rekha, suffered serious burn injuries, while his children Vaibhav, two- and -half years old, and Divya, 11 months old, perished in the fire.
The local police has already registered a case against Sunped resident Balwant and his son Dharm Singh. Others named in the FIR include Jagat, Edal, Naunihal, Joginder, Sooraj, Akash, Aman, Sanjay, and Desh Raj of the same village. As the incident sparked outrage in the country, Haryana government decided to go for a CBI probe. The CBI team was accompanied by DCP Pawar, ACP Vishnu Dayal and ACP Gajendra Singh.
