The CBI on Tuesday conducted searches in connection with the probe into the death of Dr Deepti at two premises of accused persons including her husband and her in-laws at Agra (Uttar Pradesh).
“Incriminating evidence/material in the form of documents/exhibits relevant to the case including laptop, mobile phones and documents relating to various bank accounts and immovable assets were recovered,” the CBI said.
The agency had registered a case on January 22 against five accused persons including husband of the deceased in compliance with the orders dated December 17, 2020 of the Supreme Court. The CBI took over the investigation of the case vide Crime No. 623/2020, earlier registered at Police Station Tajganj, Agra regarding the death of Dr Deepti.
The father of the deceased had levelled allegations that the deceased Dr Deepti was killed by the in-laws and her husband. It was further alleged that the accused were continuously demanding dowry and used to torture her for the sake of dowry. It was also alleged that the father of the deceased had tried to meet the demands of dowry many times but that did not satisfy the in-laws and ultimately she was tortured and died on August 6, 2020. The husband of the deceased, arrested earlier by local police, is presently in judicial custody.
The five accused in the case are victim’s husband Sumit, her father-in-law SC Agarwal, mother-in-law Anita, brother-in-law Amit and sister-in-law Tulika.