The Ministry of Women and Child Development has formed a high-level committee to look into police lapses in the serial killings in Noida.
Updated at 12.15pm
NEW DELHI: The Centre has constituted a high-level four-member committee to look into the alleged police lapses in the serial killings in Noida bordering the national capital.
The committee, formed by the Minister of State for Women and Child Development, comprises of officials from the ministry, Home Ministry and the UP government.
The panel would look into efforts made by the local police in locating the missing children.
It would also ascertain the level of cooperation provided by the local administration to the families of the missing children.
The committee would be required to submit its report to the ministry within 15 days.
Earlier, the Supreme Court declined to entertain a plea seeking CBI inquiry into the serial killings at Nithari village in Noida saying the matter is already being looked into by various agencies including Uttar Pradesh Police.
A Bench headed by CJI Y K Sabharwal said this was not a matter to be mentioned before it since NHRC and National Commission for Women (NCW) were looking into it and is being investigated by State Police.
An advocate Raviprakash Gupta had made an oral mentioning before the Bench for treating newspaper reports on the issue as a petition.
Parents of the missing children, many of whom it has come to light were allegedly sexually abused and killed by Moninder Singh Pandher and his servant Surendra Koli, have alleged police inaction and callousness in dealing with their complaints.
The National Commission for Women (NCW), which had probed the case of girls going missing from the area as long back as September, 2005, has also said had the local police acted in time, the serial killings could have been prevented.
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