Delhi demolition: Girl died before shack was crushed, father tells cops
December 15, 2015 09:12
Two days after a six-month-old girl's death during a demolition drive in west Delhi's Shakurbasti area triggered a political slugfest, the girl's father in his statement to the cops said the girl died much before the drive began.
The family had initially said the child died as a result of the commotion caused by their having to leave their shack in a hurry. However, the girl's father, Mohammad Anwar, has now stated that the family was informed about the drive on Friday afternoon and had packed their belongings and left them on the bed.
On Saturday night, Anwar's wife Safina left the child on the floor while the couple slept in another room behind a partition in their shack. Around 9 am on Saturday, Anwar and his wife Safina found that a pile of clothes and a few bags kept on the bed had rolled and fallen on the child. When Safina pulled the child out from under the pile, she found the baby was already dead.
According to the post mortem report, the child died due to shock and had blunt injuries on her chest and head, which might have been caused by the heavy bag.
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