Click to play videoPunjab: Close on the heels of the Nithari killings, bodies of four minor boys and girls were found in a closed rice mill on Tuesday evening in a mill at Muktsar in Punjab.
This is probably one of the most difficult experiences in Babli's life. She has come to identify bodies of dead children at the rice mill in Muktsar district of Punjab – and her worst fear soon comes true.
Babli says, “I have identified my son, my aunt's son and my niece amongst the bodies found in the mill. I don't suspect anyone.”
These bodies were found at the mill on Tuesday evening with their hands and feet tied up. The children were reportedly missing for a long time.
The bodies were accidentally discovered by some policemen. The rice mill is owned by a Congress leader Jagmeet Singh Brar. He says it's a ploy to tarnish his name.
Brar, a member of the Congress' national Congress Working Committee (CWC), said he was ready for any probe, including by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), into the unfortunate killing of the children.
Brar said, “This has something to do with political rivalry and to tarnish my image before the Assembly elections.”
“Every year in January, Maghi mela is celebrated in Muktsar. The policemen who came here to guard the area wanted to stay in the rice mill. But when they went inside, they noticed foul smell coming out of a room. They immediately informed two of their colleagues who found the bodies of four children, half burnt and lying there in a semi-decomposed state,” Muktsar SSP Nageshwar Rao said.
The case took a new turn after a team from the Central Forensic Science Lab reached the spot on Wednesday morning. The team's preliminary observations suggest that the children may have been sexually exploited before being killed.
CFSL investigator Ashwini Kalia said, “We have examined the physical part. It appears that all the bodies have been first strangulated.”
The gruesome killing of four underprivileged children has brought the fear of Nithari into the heart of Punjab. Four children, who were missing till a while back, have been found dead. Now the question every one is asking – will the police find the scores of other missing children – dead or alive?
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