Click to play videoNew Delhi: The case of theft against the six-year-old Dalit girl who was brutally beaten up by a policemen on Monday, has been cancelled and the woman who made the allegations against the child has been booked for making a false complaint.
The girl named Komal was thrashed by the policemen after one Anju Katharia took her to Jaswantpur Police Station, alleging that the child had stolen Rs 280 from her wallet at a market near Lohamandi in Jaswantpur area.
The case came to light when shocking images of a policeman torturing the child, and holding her by hair first flashed across TV screens.
Following national outrage over the brutality of the police, the two officers involved have been suspended and an enquiry has been ordered. The child's family has been provided security cover.
The two policemen who mercilessly beat up the girl surrendered before a local court, which granted bail to one and remanded another to 14 days in judicial custody, even as the case of theft slapped against the child was found to be false.
Inspector Chandra Bhan Singh and Sub-inspector Shyamlal Yadav surrendered before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (First) Jamshed Ali, who granted bail to Singh and sent Yadav to 14-days' judicial custody.
The two, along with four other cops, were booked under various sections of IPC and SC/ST (Atrocities Prevention) Act for beating up the girl.
Senior sub-inspector Shyamlal Yadav pulled the girl up in the air by clutching her hair, threatened and scolded her and asked her to admit that she had stolen the money as six other policemen, including SHO Chandrabhan Singh, remained mute spectators.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who was in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday said: "It is sad that despite the existing laws against child abuse, children continue to be abused. Such incidents put us to shame," she said.
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