No justice for the family of a Northeast minor girl raped and murdered in Delhi four years ago

"It was really unfortunate and very disappointing to learn that the Judge, Mr. Atul Ghar has acquitted the accused Manoj Thapa on the ground that there was no sufficient evidence to punish him," said Dr. Alana Golmei, General Secretary of North East Helpline who met DCP South Mr.B.S Jaiswal yesterday. In pursuing the rape-murder case of the 5-year-old Naga girl, who was allegedly raped and brutally killed by Mr. Manoj Thapa (21) here in Mahipalpur on April 17, 2009, Dr. Alana Golmei was shocked and helpless when she heard the Court had acquitted the accused. Dr. Golmei added there is no justice for the family of a five-year-old girl, who was horrendously raped and brutally murdered four years ago. Even four long years have passed without justice after the rape-murder incident; the accused was still acquitted by the Court in Delhi recently. The alleged rapist, Mr. Manoj Thapa (21) stayed in the adjacent building and was just another friendly neighbour of the victim's family when he committed the crime in April 2009. "The alleged murderer Manoj Thapa had several criminal records including a charge of raping a deaf and dumb girl at R.K. Puram in 2004 but it's shocking to learn that the Court has acquitted him without even further investigation," Dr. Alana added. The DCP South B. S. Jaiswal yesterday said that the police is not convinced with the verdict of the Court and therefore the police have filed an appeal to the High Court and is awaiting for the next hearing, Dr. Golmei told our correspondent. "We, the North East Helpline is veraciously appealing to concerned authorities and law enforcement agencies to seriously look into the matter so that the family of the victim gets justice without further delay," she added. The family of the victim came to Delhi from Mhainamtsi village, Peren of Nagaland in the month of January, 2009 to get better employment opportunity as well as to educate their child in a good school. However, their dreams short lived when they lost their only child. The nightmare continues unstoppable till today. (Courtesy: The Mizoram Post | 24 May 2013 | Bruce K. Thangkhal)

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