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Nithari victims’ kin seek justice

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: Coinciding with the second anniversary of the Nithari killings in Noida, over two dozen families demonstrated outside the Delhi Police Headquarters here on Monday protesting against alleged police inaction on complaints of missing children in the Capital.

The demonstrators gathered outside the Police Headquarters around 11 a.m. and raised slogans against the police for their “lackadaisical attitude” towards the issue of missing children. The demonstration was organised under the banner of Shri Narayan Sewa Pariwar (SNSP), an NGO working for the cause of children. The protesters lit candles in memory of the Nithari victims and prayed for speedy justice to them.

SNSP general secretary Riyazuddin, whose young daughter was burnt inside her house, said: “I have been running from pillar to post for the past one year seeking justice for my daughter. She was burnt alive inside her house on July 9 last year, but it took me more than 13 months to get a FIR registered. The accused are roaming free and even threatening and pressurising us to withdraw the complaint.” Abdul Samad, whose son was abducted from outside his home and killed, alleged that the police were busy hushing up the matter. “Some people lured away my son on April 23 last year and the police found his body lying on railway tracks in the Hazrat Nizamuddin police station area a week later. The body could not be identified and his last rites were performed as per Hindu rituals. We have told the police about the suspects but no action has been taken.”

SNSP national president Prahlad Aggarwal said: “We can no longer be mute spectators to the apathetic attitude of the Administration towards the all-important issue of missing children and the time is ripe for us to launch a sustained campaign to fixing accountability.”

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