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News of Jan
3, 2007
Central Government Panel to Probe
Nithari Killings
New
Delhi, Jan 3
The Indian government Wednesday formed a high-level committee to
probe the killing and sexual assault of at least 20 children at
Noida on the edge of the capital.
The four-member committee comes a day after the National Human
Rights Commission sent the government a notice over the macabre
crime saga that has claimed the lives of the children from Nithari
village in Noida.
The committee would be chaired by Manjula Krishnan, joint secretary
in the women and child development ministry, and include J.S.
Kochher, a director in the same ministry, V.N. Gaur, joint secretary
(police) in the home ministry, and Balvinder Kumar, secretary of
department of women and child development, Uttar Pradesh.
"The committee has been asked to look into the efforts made by the
local administration, especially police, to locate the missing
children and unite them with their families," said a ministry
statement.
The committee will submit its findings within two weeks and also
give its recommendations on how to prevent such incidents in future.
Since Dec 29, Noida police have uncovered skeletal remains of at
least 20 children - most of them minor girls - from a drain behind
the bungalow of businessman Moninder Singh Pandher. Over the last
two years, 38 children have been missing from Nithari villagem, just
100 metres away from the house.
Police have arrested Moninder Singh and his domestic help Surendra
on charges of killing the kids after sexually assaulting them.
Nithari is home to over 25,000 people - mainly migrants from West
Bengal.
According to the ministry, the committee would also assess the level
of cooperation and assistance provided by the local administration,
especially by police to the community, affected parents and
families.
"It would also go into the modus operandi and the motive of the
accused persons into these activities."
Renuka Chowdhury, who heads the ministry of women and child
development, said: "It is a horror story, and I hope (Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister) Mulayam Singh Yadav will cooperate in the
investigations. I am going to get to the bottom of the story."
IANS
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