Cops still clueless; relying on dump data of mobiles

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 18

While the UT police are still clueless about the accused who raped the 12-year-old girl at the Children Traffic Park in Sector 23 here, the police are relying on the dump data of mobile phones to track the accused. Meanwhile, the victim was again counselled at the PGI today.

The 12-year-old girl student of a government school in Sector 23 here was waylaid and raped at knife-point by a middle-aged man, suspected to be a drug addict, at Children Traffic Park in Sector 23 here, on August 15.

Police sources said the dump data of mobile towers was being analysed to get a clue in the case. “At present, there is no headway in the case,” the sources said.

The victim was again counselled for several hours today. The police sources said the victim was not able to narrate the entire incident that took place, following which she was being counselled.

“The victim is in trauma after the incident,” said a police official. The police are questioning more suspects in the case. Several persons, including drug addicts, are daily questioned regarding the case.

Boundary wall of rape victim’s school repaired

Following the rape of 12-year-old girl, it was highlighted that how her school’s wall in Sector 23 was in dilapidated condition. The girl was to enter from the broken wall. But on Friday, the wall had been repaired.

There are schools in the city where either the boundary wall does not exist or require repairs. In 2016, a circular was issued to all schools for fixing the boundary walls. The Education Department has now decided to reiterate the order once again.

“We will issue the directions. We are in touch with chief engineer for boundary walls,” said Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director, School Education.

Earlier, Education Secretary BL Sharma had asked Brar to ask all schools about the state of boundary walls. He had also ordered that a copy of guidelines of the CBSE about the height of the wall be sent to all the schools.