Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) filed the closure report in the suspected rape and murder of two cousin sisters which had evoked sharp reactions in the political circle and in the media.
CBI sleuths submitted the closure report along with the related files in the court of ADJ(8)and POSCO Anil Kumar in Badaun on Thursday, saying there was no forensic or circumstantial evidence suggesting rape and murder as alleged in the FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police after the bodies of the two girls were found hanging from a tree in May this year. The matter has been listed for January 6, 2015, according to Additional District Government Counsel Rajiv Kumar. The parents of the deceased girls are expected to file their objection on the CBI closure report.
The CBI has also suggested to register of case against the family members of the girls and a witness for filing a false case and destruction of evidence. CBI SP, Rajat Kumar, confirming filing of the closure report, said the agency has claimed that both the sisters committed suicide.
According to sources, the agency has based its closure report mentioning that there was no evidence of rape or murder as there was no sign of struggle on their clothes and bodies. The agency said forensic analysis also revealed that there was no male DNA or sperm on their bodies. The sources said the case will also be an example of how the system of post-mortem can be improved to help investigators arrive at correct conclusions. The theory of rape and murder fell flat in view of the findings in forensic reports received from three-member medical board, Central Forensic Sciences laboratory, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, FSl, Gandhinagar among others. “Based on around 40 scientific reports, CBI has concluded that the two minor girls in the Badaun case had not been raped and murdered as had been alleged in the FIR. Investigation has concluded that it is a case of suicide,” CBI spokesperson Kanchan Prasad had said.
Sources also claimed that the forensic reports from the Central Forensic Science laboratory and a three-member medical board besides and the CBI’s investigations revealed that the allegations leveled against the five accused in the FIR were false and the innocent people were arrested by state police. The elder of the two minor girls had an intimate relationship with the main accused Pappu Yadav. During an evening meeting between the two, they were spotted by a relative of the girls, triggering the events that led to the suicide, the CBI report said.
Sources said the girls committed suicide shortly after their families played a recorded telephone conversation with undertones of physical intimacy between Pappu and the elder girl in front of around 15 villagers. The girls were found hanging from a mango tree near their village on May 28, one was 14 and the other 15. Based on their autopsy, it was initially believed that the girls were sexually assaulted and hanged. The girls’ families had also alleged that they were kidnapped and murdered by five youths from the village, including three brothers - Pappu, Awdesh and Urvesh Yadav - and two police constables Chhatrapal and Sarvesh Yadav. All five were arrested and the policemen were also discharged from service. Presently all have been released on bail by the court. Sources said the accused in the case were found to be innocent when they underwent a lie-detector test. The girls’ family members were allegedly “deceptive and involved in hiding evidence such as slippers and mobile phones used by the girls”, CBI officials added.