BJP’s fact-finding team which visited West Bengal’s Nadia to look into the 'rape-murder' case of a girl who died a day after she was allegedly sexually assaulted submitted its report to the party president J P Nadda here on Wednesday.
“We have submitted a preliminary report to BJP national president JP Nadda about whatever we observed on the ground. We will submit a larger comprehensive report and submit it to him as soon as possible”, said one of the committee members.
The team, visited the girl’s village on Friday last. The CBI is probing the case on the Calcutta high court’s orders.
The girl’s family alleged she was gang-raped on April 4 and hurriedly cremated without a post-mortem. They have named a ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader’s son, who has been arrested along with a friend, as the main accused.
TMC has questioned the need for BJP’s fact-finding team when the CBI was already probing into it.
BJP President had nominated a five member panel to visit the place of rape and murder of minor girl at Hanskhali, Nadia, West Bengal.
The members of the committee are Rekha Verma, MP Lok Sabha, National Vice President, Uttar Pradesh, Rekha Verma, Cabinet Minister, Uttar Pradesh,Baby Rani Maurya, MLA, National President Mahila Morcha, Tamil Nadu, Vanathi Srinivasan, Special Invitee, NEC, Maharashtra, Kushbu Sunder and MLA West Bengal Rupmitra Chaudhary.
The Calcutta High Court had handed over investigation responsibility in Hanskhali alleged rape and murder case to CBI. The order was passed by the chief justice’s division bench which required the CBI to submit its preliminary investigation report before the court on May 2.A 14-year-old girl had died past week after she was allegedly gang-raped at a birthday party at the residence of the son of a local TMC leader.
The victim’s father has alleged that the prime accused Brajagopal’s father and TMC panchayat leader Samarendra Gayali had threatened to burn down the family’s home if the ‘matter was taken up further’.
The West-Bengal Chief Minister had earlier expressed doubts about the rape-murder case inviting sharp condemnation from the BJP.