Police in India charge priest, three others with rape, murder of Dalit girl, 9
- The low-caste girl was allegedly assaulted and killed after going to fetch water at a crematorium on August 1
- The four men, who face the death penalty, were officially charged by Delhi Police after witness testimony and ‘scientific, technical’ evidence
The low-caste girl was allegedly assaulted by the priest, 53, and three workers on August 1 after she had gone to a crematorium to fetch water.
The four men, who have been in custody since they were detained in early August, face the death penalty.
The girl’s mother earlier told police the men called her to the crematorium and claimed her daughter was electrocuted.
They told her that if she reported the incident to police, doctors conducting an autopsy would remove her child’s organs and sell them. Her daughter’s body was then cremated, before some locals intervened and pulled some charred remains from the pyre.
The 400-page charge sheet from Delhi Police cited “scientific, technical and other evidence” and witness testimony, the government said in a statement.