After arrest of 8 cops, CBI summons two more to Delhi
SHIMLA : A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) shifted inspector general of police (IGP) and seven other policemen to Delhi pertaining to the custodial death of an accused in the Gudiya gangrape and murder case, the agency has now asked two more officers, who were in the state-formed SIT, to join the probe in New Delhi.
Additional superintendent of police (SP) Bhajan Dev Negi and deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Rattan Singh Negi have now been called to New Delhi for further investigation.
Rattan Negi was incorporated in the SIT for assessing call details while Bhajan Dev was a member since its inception.
CBI on Tuesday had arrested IG Zahur Zaidi, head of the state special SIT constituted on July 9 to probe the case.
Besides Zaidi, other members of the SIT —DSP Manoj Joshi, Rajinder Singh, ASI Deep Chand Sharma, head constables Surat Singh, Mohan Lal, Rafiq Ali and constable Ranjit Singh — have been arrested by the police.
Initially, DSP Manoj Joshi was asked to investigate the Kotkhai case following which, the then Shimla SP, DW Negi, was sent to the spot on July 7, a day after the naked body of the victim was found in Halaila forest.
On July 13, the SIT arrested six accused — Ashish Chauhan (29), Rajender Singh (32), Subhash Singh Bisht (42), Deepak alias Deepu (29) Suraj Singh (29) and Lok Jung (19) into the case.
However, day before arrests, photos of some alleged accused youths went viral on social media and were posted on the chief minister’s Facebook account too.
But the persons who were arrested by the police were completely different from the one’s whose photos surfaced the internet.
Not satisfied with these arrests, the locals staged a violent protest at Theog, demanding a CBI probe and accusing the SIT of shielding the real culprits. Alarmed by the situation, the HP government recommended a CBI probe on the same day.
Meanwhile, the case became uglier on July 18, when Suraj, one of the accused, was found murdered in police custody.