The Bharatiya Bikash Parisad (BBP) has moved the Orissa High Court seeking a CBI probe into the sensational case of alleged gang-rape of a minor girl by several employees of a Bhubaneswar-based TV channel.
A writ petition has been filed by BBP president Surendra Panigrahi in which the Parishad has also sought a compensation of Rs 30 lakh to the victim girl.
The Central Government, Odisha Chief Secretary, Home Department Secretary, Odisha DGP, Twin City Commissionerate Police, Bhubaneswar DCP and Odisha State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (OSCPCR) Secretary have been made parties in the petition.It has been pleaded that the court admit the writ application and issue Rule NISI calling upon the opposite parties to show cause as to why six of them should not be directed take immediate action to book the accused under law and or otherwise to recommend the Central Government to investigate the matter by the CBI and to pay compensation. As per a complaint lodged by the mother of the victim with the OSCPCR, the girl was gang-raped by several employees of the TV channel for around 15 days during the month of April-May.
The accused committed the offence after tying the hands and legs of the girl. They also recorded videos of the incident and threatened the victim against making it public, alleged the girl’s mother, who was working as a receptionist in the channel.
The woman also mentioned in her complaint that though she had reported the matter to the MD of the news channel, the latter did not take any action against the accused and suppressed the incident.
The MD also pressurised her not to proceed further in the case, the woman alleged.