Girl’s suicide should be considered a custodial death, says AAP

Delhi | Tuesday | 17th July, 2018

Summary:

She added that the case should be considered a custodial death since the police did not come to the rescue of the girl. more-inAccusing the Delhi Police and the Lieutenant-Governor of failure, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said the alleged suicide by a teenager inside a police post at Tilak Vihar on Sunday should be considered a custodial death. A 17-year-old minor girl allegedly committed suicide at the police post while her family and neighbours were in another room at the police post after getting into a quarrel. In a statement, the AAP said the fact that Delhiites were not safe inside police stations and posts was proof of the “failure” of the police and the L-G. No further actionTilak Nagar MLA Jarnail Singh added that though two constables had been suspended, there had been no further action..