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22-year-old girl dies in Manali, Himachal Pradesh (Consultant/File)
The dying of a 22-year-old girl in Khakhnal village has put Kullu police underneath scrutiny for what the sufferer’s household stated was negligence and lack of well timed motion
The dying of a 22-year-old girl from Khakhnal village in Manali, Himachal Pradesh has raised severe considerations. The girl left dwelling on August 7 to go to buddies at an area lodge and was reported lacking on August 10, when her telephone was discovered to be switched off and she or he didn’t return dwelling.
Regardless of pressing pleas from the household, police reportedly took no motion for 3 days and solely started an investigation after the physique was discovered on the banks of the Beas River. The following arrests of two of her buddies and a hotelier deepened the thriller, not least the reported deletion of important CCTV footage from the lodge.
The case sparked widespread criticism and requires a radical evaluate of how police investigations are dealt with. The household stated they alerted the police, however no quick motion was taken. The household claimed they needed to discover the physique themselves; it was discovered close by on August 13 on the banks of the Beas River.
Her mom expressed anger that Kullu police arrived on the scene two hours after studying of the physique. The mom demanded a CBI probe, saying lack of well timed police intervention led to her daughter’s disappearance.
Her father stated they had been dissatisfied with police, noting that even after offering the sufferer’s laptop computer, authorities didn’t study it. He additionally careworn that he personally made inquiries on the Black Magic Lodge in Previous Manali the place the girl was staying.
The daddy claimed the lodge supervisor initially refused to supply CCTV footage, claiming the cameras had been down attributable to an influence outage. Suspicions had been additional heightened when it was later found that the CCTV footage had been deleted.
Native resident Ramesh Kumar referred to as for a radical investigation into the CCTV footage deleted by the lodge. He believes the footage is essential to discovering the reality. He careworn the necessity for police to conduct honest and clear investigations.
