The officer-in-charge investigating the rape case lodged by a woman, who died after setting herself on fire at a police station here demanding the arrest of the accused, has been removed from his posting, an official said on Tuesday.
Vaishali Nagar police station in-charge Sanjay Godara will be under awaiting posting orders (APO) status till an investigation is over. The case has been transferred to the Crime Branch of the CID, Additional Commissioner of Police Santosh Chalke said.
The ACP said it would be probed whether there was any lapse in the investigation conducted by the officer.
The 36-year-old woman immolated herself at the police station premises on Sunday while demanding arrest of her husband’s relative for allegedly raping her. She succumbed to injuries at a hospital here on Monday, an officer said.
Rajasthan Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal told reporters in the Assembly on Tuesday that the station house officer would be suspended and the case would now be investigated by an additional SP-rank officer of the CID-CB.
Meanwhile, a member of National Commission for Women has reached Jaipur to meet the deceased’s family and visit the police commissionerate, former state women’s commission member Suman Sharma said. The woman had lodged an FIR in June against her husband’s cousin, Ravindra Singh, alleging that he had raped her in 2015.
