The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has recommended exhuming the body of a 12-year-old girl from Assam, who died under mysterious circumstances in the house of an Arunachal Pradesh MLA.
This was because the State police had the body buried in neighbouring Assam without an FIR (First Information Report) and autopsy, while MLA Techi Kaso’s family had allegedly destroyed evidence that could have established the cause of the girl’s death on May 20.
Mr. Kaso represents the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) from the Itanagar Assembly constituency.
The minor girl from Line No. 4 of the Dolahat Tea Estate in north-eastern Assam’s Lakhimpur district was reportedly found hanging in the house of lawmaker Techi Kaso at Burung Basti in Naharlagun town, about 15 km from Arunachal Pradesh capital Itanagar.
“We had the FIR filed after a team from NCPRC and Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR) went to investigate on June 1 after verifying reports on the girl’s death,” NCPRC member Rosy Taba said on Friday.