Rajasthan govt to hand over Alwar minor girl ‘rape’ case to CBI | Jaipur News

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JAIPUR: The state government on Sunday has decided to hand over the investigation of a hearing and speech impaired minor girl’s case in Alwar to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The incident involved a minor girl who sustained injuries in her private parts found on a flyover in Alwar on January 11.
Soon the state government will recommend the central government for the CBI inquiry, said an official statement released by the CMO.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting headed by chief minister Ashok Gehlot virtually from his residence earlier in the day. It came a day after Gehlot hinted that the investigation can be handed over to senior police officers, CID, Crime Branch or CBI if the family demanded. It is, however, unclear whether the family has demanded the CBI probe or not.
The incident sparked a major political controversy from day 1 with the BJP termed the incident like Delhi’s ‘Nirbhaya. ’
Party’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra and Shahzad Poonawala’s post highlighting the incident on Twitter went viral.
State BJP president Satish Poonia formed a threemember delegation to visit Alwar on January 12 dragged Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi who was in Sawai Madhopur celebrating her birthday with the family into the controversy. The par- ty leaders including Rajya Sabha MP Kirori Lal Meena staged a protest outside Gandhi’s hotel demanding her statement on the incident on January13.
Since the beginning, the case has seen several ups and downs with the police initially claiming it was a brutal rape on January12.
Even doctors at the JL Lone hospital claimed to have not seen such injury in their life hinted at the case of gang rape.
The case took a -turn on January 14 when the Alwar SP Tejaswaini Gautam called an urgent press conference in Alwar in the evening to rule out the rape of the minor girl. She quoted medical reports carried out at the J L Lon Hospital sparked a storm in the political circles.
The BJP was quick to call U-turn a foul play and demanded a CBI inquiry into the case. The party had called a statewide protest on January 17 demanding a CBI probe.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)