New Delhi: The postmortem report of the child who allegedly died during the anti-encroachment demolition drive has revealed that she died due to shock as a result of chest and head injury. The report also states that the injuries were caused due to the impact of a blunt force.
The postmortem report suggests that the death took place during the demolition drive.
This revelation comes hours after Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu gave a statement in Parliament claiming that the child died much before the encroachment drive began.
"The encroachments were a hurdle in the expansion of the Railways. Notices were sent and encroachers were adviced to vacate the land but they did not respond. The operation was peaceful," he said.
He also invited Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been blaming the Central government for the drive, for a meeting on Monday. "I would invite the Delhi CM for talks on as to how initiate the development work for the people. Enraged over the demolition drive that has been blamed for the death of the 6-month-old baby, Kejriwal had sought a meeting with the Railway Minister over the issue.
Politics is being played out over the demolition drive in Shakur Basti. While Rahul Gandhi blamed the state government for the drive, Kejriwal hit back at him calling the Congress Vice President a 'kid'. "Rahul Gandhi is a kid. I think his party has not told him that Railway comes under the Government of India," Kejriwal tweeted.
Rahul had questioned Aam Aadmi Party's dharna outside Parliament over the issue. "Why is AAP doing dharna in Parliament. It's under their government that demolition happened."
Terming the incident as inhuman, Delhi Minister Satyendra Jain alleged the demolition was carried out "to teach a lesson" to these people who had voted for Arvind Kejriwal.
"Without making any alternative arrangements for them, their houses were demolished. The demolition was carried out to teach a lesson to these people who had voted for Arvind Kejriwal. In the process an infant girl has died and the post-mortem has revealed that she had received severe head injury and that her ribs had broken," said Jain.
The Delhi government ordered a magisterial probe into the demolition of 1200 slum units at Shakur Basti in West Delhi and planned to move court seeking FIR against those who ordered the action citing the Special Provision Act according to which no demolition can be carried out until government needs land urgently.
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