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Organ trade is not motive, say police

Ashok Kumar

Lawn in Moninder's house was dug up, but nothing incriminating was found

NOIDA : Based on preliminary investigations, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director-General of Police (Law and Order) A. C. Sharma on Wednesday ruled out human organs trade as a motive for the serial killings of children at Nithari village in Noida. "We have consulted several medical experts and they are of the opinion that body parts of children cannot be transplanted into an adult.'' As most of the victims were girls, it could be a case of sexual abuse, he said.

On the narco-analysis test to be done on the accused Surender alias Satish and businessman Moninder Singh in Ahmedabad this week, Mr. Sharma said, "We have prepared a list of questions to be asked. The test would be videographed to be used as evidence."

On Wednesday, the two-member committee constituted by the State to go into the killings, met more families of the victims and questioned the officers posted in the Sector 20 police station over the past two years.

"We are looking into role of the police officers in the matter and we enquired from the relatives about the officer they had approached and the response they got,'' Mr. Sharma said.

The police dug up the lawn in Moninder Singh's house for more skeletal remains, but said nothing incriminating was recovered.

Earlier, the families of the victims, who were given a compensation of Rs. 2 lakh each on Tuesday, expressed dissatisfaction with the relief and met the two-member committee to return the cheques. "We do not want money. We want a house and a job. We also demand a CBI probe and death penalty for the accused," said Durga Prasad, whose seven-year-old daughter Arti was among those allegedly killed by the accused.

Collective responsibility: Renuka

Minister of State for Women and Child Development Renuka Chowdhury said it was the collective responsibility of the Centre and the State to react to incidents such as the one at Nithari.

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