Girl found dead near rly tracks, kin move HC for CB-CID probe
Chennai: The parents of a 14-year-old girl from a
Cuddalore
village, who was found dead near the railway tracks at Velankanni in Nagapattinam district on April 29, have sought
Madras high court
intervention for a
CB-CID probe
into the matter.
In their petition, the agricultural labourers alleged negligence and a possible cover-up, saying police buried the body without proper identification and dismissed their pleas for an investigation.
They said the girl eloped with her boyfriend Dinesh on April 21 after telling them she was visiting the Velankanni temple. On April 29, she called her father from an unknown number, saying Dinesh had fallen unconscious after drinking and that she needed money to return home.
Her mother agreed to send funds online, but the girl abruptly disconnected the call. Subsequent calls to the number were answered by an unidentified man who refused to cooperate, citing pending police cases against him.
When Dinesh contacted them asking about the girl's whereabouts, suspicion grew. The parents lodged a missing complaint at Vadalur police station on May 1 but were told to approach the Velankanni police who sent them back to Vadalur.
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On May 8, during another visit to Velankanni police station, they saw their daughter's photograph on a notice board, but police insisted it was that of a 35-year-old Muslim woman who died by suicide on April 29.
Inquiries at Nagapattinam railway police station showed the body was buried as "unidentified" after minimal investigation. Authorities said they had published a small newspaper advertisement. CCTV camera footage obtained by the parents showed the girl with an unidentified man clad in a saffron dhoti and limping a lead they alleged police ignored.
The parents, who suspect foul play including possible rape and murder, alleged that on their way to the Nagapattinam collectorate on May 9, GRP officials intercepted them, offering ₹5 lakh to drop the matter. They said they protested and headed to Chennai where they slept at Koyambedu bus terminus before filing through advocate M Mani a petition in Madras high court demanding a CB-CID probe, exhumation for a second autopsy by independent medical experts, and the return of the body for proper last rites.
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