Dalit Minor Rape & Murder Case: Accused Reveals Shocking Details Of The Crime

Days after a nine-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped and killed before being hurriedly cremated in Delhi, the main accused have divulged shocking details.

Radhey Shyam, the 55-year-old priest at a Delhi crematorium near Old Nangal and the main accused in the case had allegedly sexually assaulted the child earlier as well, revealed the Delhi Police charge sheet. Three others, Kuldeep Singh (63), Laxmi Narayan (48), and Salim Ahmed (49) are under arrest, in connection with the case.

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The minor, who lived with her parents near the crematorium, was sent by her mother to get water from there. About an hour later, Shyam and other accused called and showed her the girl¡¯s body, claiming that she had died after getting electrocuted while getting water.

However, her family had alleged that the men raped her and when she died, they hurriedly cremated the body.

'Touched her in the past'

According to The Indian Express, Shyam told the police that the girl used to visit the crematorium to drink water and bathe. The newspaper, quoting him from the charge sheet, stated that he would 'get her to give him massages', 'showed her pornographic content,' and also 'touched her...in the past.'

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'Took turns to rape her'

According to the chargesheet, that day too, Shyam asked the girl for a massage, during which Kuldeep suggested that they sexually assault the child. It quotes Shyam as saying that he sent Salim away ¡°to buy jalebi¡±, while he and Kuldeep took turns to rape the girl.

'She stopped breathing'

In their evidence filed against the accused, police have stated that the girl died due to suffocation while being sexually assaulted. The accused got 'rattled after she stopped breathing,' The Indian Express reported, adding that they decided to tell parents that she died of electrocution.

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'Forcefully cremated her'

To convince them, the report said, they allegedly poured water on her body. "The accused threatened the parents of the deceased and, by taking advantage of their poverty, illiteracy and their affiliation to the oppressed section of society, they managed to oppress their thought process and forcefully cremated the deceased,¡± the charge sheet stated, the newspaper reported. When the locals intervened and pulled the body off pyre, it was charred already, the charge sheet said.

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Police have relied on disclosure statements of the accused, public witnesses and CCTV footage to frame charges against the accused.