Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

Blame game between 2 other life convicts

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com

PANCHKULA: High drama was witnessed inside the CBI court in Panchkula when Jaswanti’s sonin-law Jai Bhagwan and driver Satish blamed each other for wrongdoing­s inside Rohtak’s Apna Ghar after the court awarded them life sentence.

But both were involved in raping the inmates inside the shelter home as it came out in the court verdict.

As per CBI chargeshee­t and National Council for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) report, Jai Bhagwan was a bully and a regular abuser and therefore no inmate dared to oppose him for the fear of being further abused physically or sexually.

A source in the CBI court, who wished not be identified, claimed that Jai Bhagwan confessed to have sexual relations with inmates during the sentencing on Friday, but claimed that it was consensual. CBI counsel Jitender Kumar rubbished his claims, saying that he was involved in raping many inmates. The CBI referred to the sexual abuse of deaf and dumb inmate by Jai Bhagwan, who later delivered a baby boy.

During trial, the CBI got the testimony of BK Mahapatra, senior scientific officer (biology) of Delhi-based Central Forensic Science Laboratory, in which he confirmed that the DNA profile of the victim’s baby had matched with that of Jai Bhagwan. As per NCPCR report, Jai Bhagwan was not Jaswanti’s real son-in-law.

Jaswanti was the second wife of one Prem Singh Narwal. Jai Bhagwan was married to Narwal’s daughter from his first wife.

This did not change his equation with Jaswanti. He was managing Apna Ghar’s affairs and regularly visiting it

Driver Satish too raped many inmates as it was revealed in the testimony of victims.

The CBI produced 121 witnesses out of which 37 witnesses deposed in the court and most of them stuck to their initial allegation­s of rape and physical abuse against the accused. Satish was also involved in abandoning the women and mentally challenged girls, whom the Jaswanti thought to be redundant and of no use to her in any manner.

JUDGE HAD GIVEN RAM RAHIM VERDICT TOO

CBI Judge Jagdeep Singh who sentenced three accused to life imprisonme­nt in Apna Ghar sexual abuse case on Friday was the one who sent Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim to 20 years in jail last year for raping two women.

AFTER COURT VERDICT, JASWANTI’S SONINLAW JAI BHAGWAN AND DRIVER SATISH BLAMED EACH OTHER FOR WRONGDOING­S INSIDE ROHTAK’S APNA GHAR

 ??  ?? Satish, Jaswanti's driver
Satish, Jaswanti's driver
 ??  ?? Jai Bhagwan, soninlaw
Jai Bhagwan, soninlaw

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