Bhubaneswar: The SC Wednesday issued notice to the CBI and Odisha government in a petition filed by Saudamini Sahu, the mother of five-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered in July last year, seeking a CBI inquiry into her daughter’s death case.
A three-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justices AM Khanwilkar, BR Gavai and Krishna Murari sought the response of CBI and the state government within four weeks. The court is likely to hear the matter February 5.
The court also granted one-week time to the petitioner to file formal application for urging additional grounds and filing further documents.
Significantly, the mother of Pari pleaded the court to order an independent inquiry into the alleged rape and murder of Pari in July last year in Jadupur, Nayagarh. The petitioner also sought direction to the CBI to investigate all cases related to missing children in the state.
Pari’s mother accused Babuli Nayak for the alleged murder and also contended that rampant organ smuggling is behind the murder. The petitioner also contended that the state police are treating the parents of Pari as criminals. “The police are completely insensitive towards the family members of Pari.”
The petitioner submitted that the preliminary investigation undertaken by the police, the crime branch and SIT illustrates that all of them have made all attempts to sabotage the investigation process into the alleged incident and attempted all kind of subversion tactics to influence the complainant and her relatives to discard the aforesaid allegations as false and frivolous. The petitioner also contended that the SIT has not investigated the role of local inspector in-charge who is hand in glove with the accused person and shielding the real culprit, and the local MLA has also not been interrogated by the SIT.
PNN
