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News of Jan
4, 2007
Noida Crimes: Blot on Civilized Society
New
Delhi, Jan 4
Though it was not on the agenda, the abuse and killings of at least
20 children in Noida that has shocked the nation was discussed at
the cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Thursday.
"What has happened is very unfortunate and a blot on civilized
society," Information and Broadcasting Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunsi
told reporters, adding that the Uttar Pradesh government should have
taken action as soon as the children were reported missing.
"Home Minister (Shivraj Patil) is very concerned," Dasmunsi said
after the meeting.
Police last week unearthed remains of a number of children - at
least 20, out of which 12 have been identified - from a drain behind
a bungalow near Nithari village in Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
A businessman and his domestic help were arrested last week on
charges of kidnapping and sexually abusing children before killing
them.
While refusing to comment on the Supreme Court's rejection of a
petition demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry,
the minister said a high-level probe was desirable.
Commenting that the state government had accepted that the police
had not acted as it should have, the minister wondered: "How an
impartial enquiry by the state police and the administration is
possible?"
He said Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav should have gone to the
spot to assess the situation because it was not a "minor incident".
Dasmunsi said the political parties should rise above political
considerations to ensure a thorough probe.
The central government Wednesday formed a four member high-level
committee to probe the killings even as the state government formed
its own two-member panel on the issue.
IANS
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