Gurugram rape case: Supreme Court criticises Haryana Police’s insensitive handling of four-year-old child’s rape case
The Hindu
Supreme Court criticises Haryana Police for mishandling a four-year-old rape case, mandates swift action and oversight with a Special Investigation Team.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 25, 2026) reprimanded the Haryana Police and its child welfare committee for their insensitive handling of a four-year-old’s rape case.
The Court was hearing the parents’ petition, in which they alleged inaction by the Gurugram police. The Court, on March 23, 2026, issued notices to the Haryana Government, its DGP and others on a plea seeking a CBI or SIT probe into the rape of a four-year-old girl in Gurugram.
“It is shameful that the Haryana Police summoned the rape survivor to the station instead of visiting her,” the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday (March 25), and constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising women IPS officers from the Haryana cadre to probe the rape case.
The Court also directed the Haryana government to expeditiously notify the SIT. It also instructed the Gurugram Police to hand over the case records by March 26, 2026.
The Supreme Court issued show-cause notices to Gurugram Police officials for their shoddy probe into the case, asking why action should not be taken against them.
The Court also issued show cause notices to the members of the Gurugram Child Welfare Committee, asking why they should not be removed.
Supreme Court criticises Haryana Police for mishandling a four-year-old rape case, mandates swift action and oversight with a Special Investigation Team.
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