Nikita murder: Govt fails to keep word on relief, kin threaten agitation
Tribune News Service
Faridabad, January 19
The family of Nikita Tomar, a 21-year-old girl who was shot outsider her college in Bahadurgarh in October last year allegedly by her former classmate, has threatened to protest if the state government fails to fulfil its promises, including financial help.
Hollow promises
Members of my family and I had met CM Manohar Lal Khattar and local MP Krishan Pal Gurjar. They had promised us help, but it turns out that they made hollow promises. –
Mool Chand Tomar, Nikita’s father
Nikita’s father Mool Chand Tomar said: “Members of my family and I had met Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and local MP Krishan Pal Gurjar. They had promised us help, but it turns out that they made hollow promises. We have been left with no option, but to launch an agitation. It could be in the form a sit-in.”
The state had promised a government job to one member of the family, name the government college for women in Sector 2 after Nikita and financial help.
“The government’s seriousness in honouring its word can be gauged from the fact that the government college has been named after a BJP leader. The attitude of the authorities has left us shattered,” he said.
The situation is precarious for the family as Tomar lost his job three months ago.
