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parhlad aggarwal chair main with maxicab victam Mr Jain.
CBI probe demanded into maxicab killings
Affected families to hand over memo to PM
Abhay Jain
Gurgaon, January 7
The aggrieved family members who had lost their relatives at the hands of maxicab serial killers demanded today that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should be asked to investigate the barbaric incidents as the Haryana administration had failed to solve the case.
Some relatives of the affected families and leading social workers today organized a meeting in Gurgaon and decided to hand over a memorandum to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday, via the Commissioner of Gurgaon Range, urging him to direct the state government to take speedy measures as was being done in Uttar Pradesh in the wake of Nithari incident.
The state administration and police department have done nothing to provide solace to the victims’ family members even after two months of arresting the nine accused, said R S Kuntal, whose 17-year-old son Pradeep Kuntal has been missing since August 2006.
In the meeting, it was revealed that out of the 26 murders which had allegedly been committed by the nine accused, the police had produced the challan only in one case in the court even after two months whereas it was promised by the authorities then that all cases would be handled expeditiously, regretted Sunil Jain, whose son Sachin Jain was allegedly murdered by the gang.
Tej Singh, who lost his 55-year-old father Mahabir at the hands of maxicab killers, lamented that the investigation being done by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohinder Lal, had not been completed yet. All administrative and police officers who were directly responsible for the gruesome incidents must be suspended immediately, it was reportedly demanded in the meeting.
Social workers and other prominent persons of Gurgaon demanded that the state government must immediately give a financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh and a government job to the next of kin of every victim.
On the one hand, senior leaders of the Congress and even UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi had visited Nithari village to pacify the affected families, on the other, the party had not directed the Haryana government to do anything for the affected families, lamented the speakers in the meeting.
The barbaric murders committed by the gang on the pretext of providing lift in the maxicab could have been avoided if there was a safe and efficient public transport network within the city. The passengers are forced to take the lift in these unauthorised vehicles as there is no public transport system in the district. The administration had then promised to improve the transport system, but not a single vehicle has been added, mourned Mr Jai Bhagwan whose brother Mahender Singh was allegedly murdered by the maxicab gang.
A large procession would be held on Tuesday before submitting a memorandum to the Gurgaon Commissioner. It would be sent to the Prime Minister in which all sections of people: industrialists, businessmen, entrepreneurs, social workers, resident welfare associations (RWAs), non-government organizations (NGOs), religious and social organizations, bar members, chartered accountants, doctors, etc would participate and lodge their protest over the ‘inaction’ of the state government, claimed Mr Jain.
In the memorandum, the Prime Minister would be urged to take remedial steps and ensure that such incidents do not reoccur in any part of the country, said Mr Sunil Jain.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070108/delhi.htm#5
Noida incident reminds of ‘maxicab killings’
Gurgaon residents accuse authorities of not taking
the incident ‘seriously’
Abhay Jain
Gurgaon, January 3
The barbaric incident of Noida’s Nithari village where the complaints of 40 missing children during the last one year failed to “wake up” the police, has reminded the residents of Gurgaon of the gruesome ‘maxicab killings’ in which 26 persons were murdered by a gang of nine youths.
In Noida, several children were murdered by the two accused after being sexually abused, while in Gurgaon, the nine accused used to commit murders with the petty motive of robbery. The booty they used to get after the killings ranged from just Rs 2 to Rs 5,000.
“Both the incidents are great shame to the so-called modern civilised society,” said Mr Sunil Jain, whose 19-year-old son, Sachin Jain, was killed by the maxicab gang.
In Noida, Mulayam Singh Yadav government was quick to give a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to the kith and kin of the victims to take “political advantage” as the assembly elections are round the corner. “But, on the other hand, the Congress government led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda in Haryana did not bother to give any sort of relief to the affected families as there is no immediate election in the state,” lamented Mr Jain.
In Noida, there is a bee line of politicians belonging to the ruling as well as the opposition parties who visited the affected families, whereas in Gurgaon, no politician; neither local Member of Parliament, nor any minister nor MLA, except Indian National Lok Dal supreme Om Prakesh Chautala and his lieutenant in Gurgaon Gopi Chand Gehlot, found time to make visit to solace the affected families.
In Noida, five policemen of junior level were suspended for dereliction of duties after the exposure of the inhumane incident. However, in Gurgaon, no such action was taken against any police personnel after the arrest of the gang in November, rued the residents.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Gurgaon Range, Mr Mohinder Lal, was directed by Haryana Director General of Police Ranjiv Singh Dalal to investigate whether there were any linkage between these 26 murders. The IGP was also asked to look into the aspects as how the area SHO of the Bohdakala village where all nine accused belong to, failed to observe their criminal activities during the year.
The IGP would also suggest the steps and measures to be adopted by the police department to ensure that such type of incident does not occur in future. The nine accused allegedly used to give lift to the passenger in maxicab, strangulate their victims to death with the help of rope, electric wire, or belt before looting valuables and money from the bodies. Later, they used to dump the bodies in a gutter, lonely place or bush.
“The IGP’s failure in submitting his investigation report even after two months of the incident, clearly indicates that the senior officer was trying to defend his subordinates for unknown reasons,” alleged Mr Jain. The Chief Justice of India designate Mr Justice G Balakrishnan had called for a thorough probe into the Nithari incident and National Human Rights Commission had issued a notice to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh, to submit their reports within two weeks.
“But the senior most officials sitting at the helm of the affairs of the country have forgotten to take lessons from Gurgaon incident,” said Mr R S Kuntal, whose 17 years old son Pradeep Kuntal had been missing since 12 August, 06 from IFFCO crossing at National Highway no. 8, Gurgaon.
In both the cases, the police of both Haryana and Uttar Pradesh states did not bother to take the complaint of missing persons seriously through out the year 2006, observed Mr Kuntal.
“If the police had acted swiftly and tried to establish the linkage between missing persons, the figures of murdered persons in both states would have been very less,” he added.
The poor public transportation system remained the same and the masses were still forced to take lift in private vehicles even after two months of the incident, lamented Mr Jain.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070104/delhi.htm#1
