Kathmandu: The grieving parents of a 13-year-old girl in Nepal who was raped and murdered in July in the country’s remote west, met Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Monday and sought justice for their daughter whose brutal killing triggered nationwide outrage.
Prime Minister Oli told the parents that he had directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to reinvestigate the case and briefed them about the government’s actions, including suspensions of police personnel, My Republica reported.
The girl’s parents came to the capital last week to draw the attention of the government towards the case.
Oli said the government would leave no stones unturned to nab those involved. “No matter how wealthy, strong or politically connected the culprit is, we will book the criminals,” Oli said.
The girl was raped and murdered on July 26. Her body was found in a sugarcane field the next day.
Angry crowds took to the streets accusing police of protecting the person responsible for the brutal crime.
The victim’s father alleged that top police and civil official had coerced him to sign a paper and quickly perform the last rites of his daughter with about 300 police personnel deployed, Nepalese media reported.
Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal had earlier defended the investigation as well as the way the incident was handled.
The parents had last week met President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and asked the government not to deny justice to their daughter.
Bhandari had said that “justice should not be delayed and denied to the victim and her family”. (PTI)
