INDIA
A Bombay High Court bench wondered why a case of murder was not registered earlier in the mysterious death of a seven-year-old girl in State BJP chief Nitin Gadkari's car on May 19.
A Bombay High Court bench on Tuesday wondered why a case of murder was not registered earlier in the mysterious death of a seven-year-old girl in State BJP chief Nitin Gadkari's car on May 19.
The observation was made by the vacation Judge Justice C L Pangarkar at Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court when public
prosecutor informed him that two offences under section IPC 302(murder) and 201 had been registered yesterday in the case.
Hearing the criminal writ petition filed by the girl's parents, the judge asked why a case of murder was not registered earlier.
Initially, a case of accidental death was registered by Kotwali police in the death of the girl Yogita in State BJP chief Nitin Gadkari's car.
The judge fixed the next hearing on June 10 and asked the Maharashtra government to file a detailed reply by then.
Yogita's parents--Vimal and Ashok Thakre, in their petition said that the death was due to 'smothering', as per the post-mortem report and amounted to homicide.
Even the vehicle was removed immediately by staff members of Gadkari without police conducting a 'panchnama' of the vehicle, their counsel Anjan Dey told the court on Tuesday adding that the said sport utility car was not even seized and allowed to ply.
Dey pointed out that there was laxity in the investigation and they (Gadkari's staff) allowed the evidence to be destroyed by allowing the vehicle to move out the compound.
Public prosecutor Nitin Sambhare informed the court that the investigators were awaiting the chemical anaylsis report of the Forensic Science Laboratory from Mumbai to ascertain the possibility of the rape of the minor girl.
The Court said till the chemical report was received by the investigators, the police can proceed with the murder investigation as per the offences registered on Monday against unidentified persons.
The petitioners had contended that it was shocking and surprising that the SUV Honda CRV car was immediately sent to city airport to pick up Gadkari, who was returning from Mumbai in the evening, without seizure of the car, which is a normal practice.
Also, the police did not take any steps to recover the finger prints or other material evidences that may have been available in the car.
The petitioners felt that a proper investigation was not conducted by the police in the death case and hence sought a CBI probe into the case.
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