Despite the officiating district magistrate Pauri Sonika having transferred the investigation of the alleged gangrape case involving a 16-year-old girl from Kotdwar-based revenue police circle to regular police on August 18, the files related to the registered case is yet to be handed over to regular police by revenue police.
Acting on the order, superintendent of police Ajay Joshi had appointed S H O Kotdwar police Kotwali Mukesh Kumar as the investigating officer the following day. But things have not progressed much with the files still remaining un-transferred from revenue police to regular police.
The girl was allegedly gang-raped by two persons. The matter came to light when the girl was forced to undergo abortion in a local hospital.
According to revenue police sub- inspector (Pattwari), the uncle of the survivor had lodged the gang rape report and subsequent abortion on August 9. A case was registered under POSCO act and also under different other sections of Indian Penal Code against the two accused.
The uncle said in the report that some women had taken the survivor to a hospital for abortion to absolve those responsible for the rape of the crime.
After the abortion, the victim girl had narrated the story, the uncle's report ran.