Convicts' hanging will be real tribute: 12-year-old rape victim's granny

Mukesh Tandon

Sonepat, February 20

“Hanging of both convicts will be a real ‘shradhanjli’ to our 12-year-old daughter who was inhumanly dragged, raped and murdered. We are waiting for that day,” says maternal grandmother of the victim.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Sumit Garg has awarded death penalty to Pardeep and Sagar of Urlana Kalan village for raping and murdering the minor girl on January 13, 2018. The convicts abducted the victim while she was on way back home after throwing garbage. They raped her, murdered her and then sexually violated her body.

Justice, finally

We are satisfied with the decision of the court. Our innocent daughter has finally got justice. — Victim’s maternal grandmother

Urlana villagers say they are satisfied with the verdict. While there was no one at Pradeep’s house, some women gathered near the house of Sagar were seen weeping when The Tribune team visited the village today. The neighbours seemed tightlipped over the incident

Victim’s maternal grandmother said her daughter (deceased’s mother) was married, but her husband left her while she was pregnant. After the birth of the victim, her daughter remarried, but her second husband refused to adopt the child. So, she had to keep that child with her at Urlana Kalan, she said.