PINKY MURDER CASE

NBWs issued against juvenile accused for fourth time

Chandigarh, January 21

For the fourth time in the last two months, the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anshu Shukla issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against a juvenile accused in the Pinky murder case.

The 11-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Palsora in 2013.

The prosecution had earlier informed the court that the accused had escaped from the juvenile home.

The same court had earlier issued warrants against the accused on November 29, 2013, then on December 11 last year and yet again on January 9 this year. Warrants were issued for the fourth time today.

While the UT police had arrested the accused in the Pinky murder case, the Mohali police had also arrested him for a murder in Dera Bassi. Several other cases were registered against him.

The case has now been adjourned to February 2.

There were four accused in the Palsora murder case: Sunita and Bhagat Singh, both residents of Palsora, and two alleged drug addicts, who were hired by Sunita to kidnap and then murder the girl.

They were Raj Kumar, alias Raja, a resident of Lal Pura in Rupnagar, and the juvenile accused from Faizabad. Raj Kumar and the juvenile accused had executed the crime.

As per the police, the two addicts had kidnapped the girl from Palsora on November 27, 2013, and kept her in the forest area near Sector 52 for at least three days. They sexually assaulted her before strangulating her on November 29, 2013, and then disposed of the body.