BHOPAL: A day after the horrific incident of a five-year-old girl’s alleged kidnapping, rape and murder by her young neighbour in the next door flat was reported in Bhopal, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath has demanded for the constitution of a high-level task force to deal with crimes against women and girls in the state.
“A high level task force be formed in this regard, all the concerned police personnel should be given special training to deal with crimes against women and by organizing special camps in schools, the daughters should be trained to be aware and alert about measures for their safety,” Nath posted on the social media platform X on Friday.
“The incidents of women harassment and rapes that are being reported daily in the state are extremely condemnable. Reading the news of the atrocities being committed against small girls, makes one bow head in shame. There is no part in the state where women and daughters can feel safe. Even more unfortunate is that CM Dr Mohan Yadav and his government do not intend to take any steps for women’s safety,” Nath further mentioned in the post.
The ghastly incident of the alleged kidnap, rape and murder of the little girl by her young neighbour, had come to light on Thursday, after her body was recovered from a plastic container hidden in the bathroom of the next-door flat in a multi-storeyed residential building in Bhopal’s Shajahanabad area.
Three, including the prime accused (a 30-year-old man who has already been an accused in the past in 5-6 cases, including a molestation case), his mother and sister have so far been arrested in connection with the incident. While the main accused is on three-day police remand, his mother and sister were sent to jail on Friday.
The chilling crime happened less than ten days after a 30-year-old school teacher-cum-technical staff was arrested by Bhopal police for sexually assaulting a three and half year old pre-nursery student girl within private school premises multiple times.
Sexual offences against minors have not just been reported from Bhopal in the last few days, but such incidents have happened all across the state, including Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Satna, Betul and Harda.