A team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is scheduled to visit Dumka in Jharkhand on September 4.
Jharkhand murder case: The accused Shahrukh will be charged under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 in the Dumka killing case.
The main accused, identified as Shahrukh, on August 23 allegedly poured petrol on the girl from outside the window of her room when she was sleeping and set her on fire. The teenager succumbed to her injuries on August 28. Shahrukh was arrested.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday sought a report from the Jharkhand director general of police on the death of the teenage girl who succumbed after being set afire by Shahrukh apparently after she spurned his advances. A two-member NCW team visited the family members of the deceased in Dumka. A team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is also scheduled to visit Dumka on September 4, officials said.
Though the police had initially claimed that the deceased was an adult, the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in Dumka district later said that the class 12 student who died days after being set on fire was a minor.
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