Mahendranagar, August 22
Locals of Bhimdutta Nagar (Mahendra Nagar) continued demonstrations on Wednesday demanding justice for a 13-year-old who was allegedly raped and murdered last month.
Agitating locals continue enforced a shutdown in Bhimduttanagar Bazaar accusing police of failing to investigate the recent murder of a 13-year-old in the city.
Nirmala Pant, a resident of Bhimdutta-2, was found dead in a sugarcane farm along the Mahendranagar-Ultakham road on July 26. According to reports, the deceased was allegedly raped by her murderers.
The protest started on Tuesday, a day after District Police Office organised a press conference to say that Dilip Singh Bista, 41, of Bhimdutta -19, was the main accused in the crime. However, locals are not convinced as they claim he is mentally challenged. They have accused the police of trying to frame him in the case.
Civil society organisations and human rights defenders have been mounting pressure on the police to reveal the facts behind the heinous crime.
