CBI not to file chargesheet in Badaun ‘rape and murder’ case
26 Aug 2014 6:36 AM IST
With the CBI making up its mind to not file chargesheet in the Badaun case, the ‘gangrape and murder’ allegation is now turning into a cock and bull story.
CBI sources said on Monday there was no evidence linking the accused to the murder and also that no sexual assault had taken place on the two victims before their death.
Following this, five accused arrested by UP police – Pappu, Awadhesh and Urvesh Yadav (three brothers) and constables Chhatrapal Yadav and Sarvesh Yadav – can get bail as they have completed 90 days in custody.
According to the rules, the investigating agency has to file a chargesheet within 90 days (in heinous crime cases) and 60 days (in all other cases) from the date of the arrest of any accused.
‘The medical board has come to the conclusion that sexual assault on either of the victims appears doubtful,’ a senior CBI official said. CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad said the CBI will not be filing any chargesheet against the five accused ‘as of now’.
The CBI had taken help of the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) which ruled out sexual assault on the two girls. There was also conflicting statements by the parents of the two cousins.
Sources said the CDFD report had cleared a lot of doubts raised over the cousins being sexually assaulted before being killed and that the needle of suspicion now pointed to the family members as there were lot of inconsistencies in their statements even during a lie detector test.
Sources said the CBI is not ruling out a honour killing angle. With the sexual assault being ruled out, the five persons had cleared the lie-detection test.
CBI sources said on Monday there was no evidence linking the accused to the murder and also that no sexual assault had taken place on the two victims before their death.
Following this, five accused arrested by UP police – Pappu, Awadhesh and Urvesh Yadav (three brothers) and constables Chhatrapal Yadav and Sarvesh Yadav – can get bail as they have completed 90 days in custody.
According to the rules, the investigating agency has to file a chargesheet within 90 days (in heinous crime cases) and 60 days (in all other cases) from the date of the arrest of any accused.
‘The medical board has come to the conclusion that sexual assault on either of the victims appears doubtful,’ a senior CBI official said. CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad said the CBI will not be filing any chargesheet against the five accused ‘as of now’.
The CBI had taken help of the Hyderabad-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) which ruled out sexual assault on the two girls. There was also conflicting statements by the parents of the two cousins.
Sources said the CDFD report had cleared a lot of doubts raised over the cousins being sexually assaulted before being killed and that the needle of suspicion now pointed to the family members as there were lot of inconsistencies in their statements even during a lie detector test.
Sources said the CBI is not ruling out a honour killing angle. With the sexual assault being ruled out, the five persons had cleared the lie-detection test.
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