On Oct 4, a Dalit girl was found hanging in her employer's house.Her family claims on Oct 8, her body was forcefully cremated at night. 2 weeks on, Delhi police refuse to file an FIR despite family alleging possible rape and murder.
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In spite of the family’s constant pleading, police have still not filed an FIR. This is a violation of Section 166A of the Indian Penal Code which recognises the failure to register an FIR in a cognizable offence as a criminal act.

For 3 days police didn't tell the family where the body was. When the family protested a protest outside the employer's house, they said that they were detained and tortured. “We women were beaten up even by male police officers. They pulled us by our hair and slapped us"

On Oct 8 the body was cremated. “I wanted to take her body home so that the other family members and neighbours could see her face. The police said no...women in our community aren’t supposed to go to the funeral site and we don’t ever burn a body at night,” said victim's aunt.

Victim's cousin said that even at the funeral they were not allowed to take pictures or videos. They did manage to take a few, however. She also said most policemen who oversaw the cremation were in plain clothes.

Since girl is a minor, family wrote to SHO Model Town asking the case be tried under POCSO. They also wrote to DCW, but no avail.“This is a case where the family is alleging cognizable offences. How can the police deny them the right to file an FIR?”asked advocate Ashutosh Mishra