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SC orders CBI probe in Banda rape case
PTI | Sep 12, 2011, 04.49PM IST
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the CBI to probe the
alleged rape of a dalit girl by Banda BSP MLA Purushottam Naresh
Dwivedi in December last year.
A bench of justices Aftab Alam and RM Lodha stayed the court
proceedings in the case in Banda and directed the Uttar Pradesh Police
to hand over the investigation to the agency.
The court passed the order on a PIL filed by advocates Raja Ram and
Irudaya Nathan seeking an independent probe into the incident,
alleging that impartial investigation was not possible in the case as
the ruling BSP legislator and his aides were involved.
The state government did not oppose the plea for CBI probe and agreed
to hand over the case to the central agency.
The petitioners alleged that the authorities had committed a grave
error by foisting false cases against the victim, who was a minor and
was entitled to protection under the provisions of the Juvenile
Justice Act.
Alleging that the police and judicial officers were trying to protect
the MLA, they alleged that the magistrate, in violation of the JJ Act,
had sent her to jail while she should have been sent to a juvenile
care centre.
The 17-year-old dalit girl was allegedly raped by Dwivedi in Banda on
December 10 and 11 last year. The girl had escaped from his residence
on December 12 when the MLA allegedly attempted to rape her again.
The girl, however, was arrested after alleged false charges of theft
were levelled by the legislator's brother against her.
48-year-old Dwivedi, who was later arrested from Banda and suspended
by Mayawati's party, denied all the charges.
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