The Punjab Police on Sunday said they had shared the details of the fair and transparent investigation into the Moga incident with the victims' family, which was under the misapprehension that they had not filed a First Information Report (FIR) in the case.
"The victim's family had apprehensions regarding investigation. There was a rumour that an FIR has not been registered, but we showed them FIR. Certain elements were creating such rumours to mislead the family. However, we shared with the family the entire investigation we have undertaken so far has been in a fair and transparent manner," Moga SSP JS Khaira told ANI.
"All the four accused were arrested within 24 hours of the incident, while the vehicle has also been impounded. The family was also under the misapprehension that the people arrested were not those who had committed the crime, so a boy who was travelling in bus that day was called to identify them. After that, the family has been fully satisfied," he added.
Khaira further said that the police feel it is essential for the post mortem of the victim's body to take place.
"Post mortem is critical medical evidence and that has to take place. We will ask the family if they are willing for us to proceed with the process," he said.
Meanwhile, Moga Deputy Commissioner of Police PS Gill stated that the victim's family has been given Rs 20 lakh as compensation.
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"We have given the family Rs 20 lakh as compensation: Rs four lakh for the education of child and Rs six lakh from National Commission," he said.
A 13-year-old girl died after she and her mother were allegedly pushed off a moving bus on the Moga-Bathinda highway for resisting a molestation bid on April 29 in Moga.
The incident led to widespread outrage and a ban on the Orbit Company's buses by the Punjab government.
The bus in which the crime took place reportedly belonged to Orbit Transport Company, owned by Orbit Aviation Pvt Ltd, which is co-owned by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal.
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