The Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday recommended a CBI probe into the Mohanlalganj rape and murder case of a 36-year-old woman.
The victim’s family members have been on a hunger-strike demanding a CBI inquiry into the case. “Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered recommendation of the CBI probe into the Mohanlalganj incident as desired by the victim’s family members”, a senior Home department official said.
The body of the woman, a widow, was found in the premises of a primary school in Balsingh Kheda in Mohanlalganj area on July 17 after which a private security guard Ram Sewak Yadav was arrested by the police.
Earlier, Additional Director General of Police (ADG) Sutapa Sanyal had claimed that the incident was handiwork of a single man and there was no “sexual intercourse”.
However, the Forensic Science laboratory (FSl) report pointed out at rape and presence of human cells of more than one person in nails of the victim. The family members of the victim were sitting on relay dharna since July 22, a day after they wrote a letter to DGP and Chief Minister demanding a CBI probe.
The family members had written a letter to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and DGP Al Banerjee demanding a CBI probe into the incident.