Kin of accused join crusade for justice

Bhanu P Lohumi

Tribune News Service

Shimla, August 26

While the public outcry over the brutal murder of four-year-old Yug refuses to die down, the families of the accused today joined the chorus for justice. They said: “We will honour the verdict of the court.”

Chander Sharma’s father, who runs a grocery store in Ram Bazar from where the boy was kidnapped on June 14, 2014, said: “My son is dead for me and now the court will decide his fate. I cannot believe that my son was involved in such a heinous crime.”

“Capital punishment is too little for my son, he should be dumped alive in a water tank,” said Tajender’s mother. Vikrant’s parents said: “Our son should be punished, but he is not the main culprit as he was  used by Chander and Tajender.” DGP Sanjay Kumar said based on the report of the CID, the Shimla SP had been directed to examine and take action against the erring municipal officials.

Following this, a case under Sections 269, 270, 271, 217, 218, 34 of the IPC and Sections 42 and 43 the water (prevention and control of pollution) was registered at the Sadar police station against the erring municipal officials for negligence likely to spread infection of disease dangerous  to life.

The civic body had claimed that the water tank was cleaned many a time. The role of the MC employees was also under scanner as on January 29, 2016, they had cleaned the tank and threw the skeleton, but did not inform the police presuming that it was an animal skeleton. Moreover, a stone with blood stains and bones were recovered by the CID from the tank on August 22. 

Yug’s father, accompanied by members of the Veopar Mandal, today met Governor Acharya Devvrat and demanded capital punishment for the accused.

Meanwhile, protests continued with students of Kotshera and Sanjauli colleges boycotting the classes.