Kotkhai rape: CBI questions HP law officer’s ‘relative’
NEWDELHI: The CBI has questioned a “close relative” of senior law officer of Himachal Pradesh in connection with Kotkhai gangrape and murder case. “He is a suspect in the case,” said an agency official who requested anonymity as the probe is yet to be completed. The official added that the agency sleuths so far have questioned around 100 persons, suspects as well as witnesses, in the case.. ››
NEWDELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has questioned a ‘close relative’ of a senior law officer of Himachal Pradesh in connection withKotkhai gang rape and murder case.
“He is a suspect in the case,” said an agency official who requested anonymity.
The official added that agency sleuths so far have questioned around 100 people, suspects as well as witnesses, in the case.
“This particular suspect’s photo was uploaded on a social media account of Him ac hal chief minister Virbhadra Singh along with three more suspects, but was taken down within an hour ,” the official said.
Another suspect whose photograph was posted on the social media account has also been questioned by the CBI.
In his post dated July 12, the chief minister wrote: “I would like to inform the people of Him ach al Pradesh that four suspects have been taken into police custody and further investigation is being conducted (in the case).”
The agency is now planning to conduct a lie detector test of some of the suspects and arrested accused. It has moved the court for permission in this regard.
Police had arrested six persons in the gang rape and murder of a minor school girl whose naked body was found in isolated woods in Kotkhai tehsil’s Halaila.
The six accused were identified as management graduate and tec hi e Ash i sh Ch au han, Ra j in der Singh,Su bash SinghB is ht,Su rat Singh, Lok Jan and Deepak. Ch au han was described as one of the four suspects in a post on the CM’s social media account.
But one of the accused in the case, Suraj Singh, died in police custody inKotkhai in mysterious circumstances. It is being suspected thatSu ra jSinghw as murdered by another co-accused in the case.
CBI spokesman RK Gaur refused to comment saying that the investigations were on. “I have nothing to say. Every aspect related to the rape and murder is being looked into” said Gaur.
The Himachal Pradesh high court, meanwhile, has directed members of the special investigation team( SIT) and police officials associated with the investigation of rape and murder case of a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Kotkhai to file individual affidavits by August 24.