local court in Badaun, directed the sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), to submit evidences along with case diary to buttress the `Closure Report’ pointing that the two teenage cousins in Katra village of Badaun were not raped or murdered, as earlier alleged by the local police. The court fixed January 16 as the next date for hearing the matter. CBI has filed a closure report in the case claiming that the girls had committed suicide. The agency filed the closure report of 34 page without giving any evidence on December 12.
Reports said that Additional district judge(POSCO Act) Anil Kumar has directed the CBI as well as the family members of the girls to provide evidences and other relevant documents in the court on January 16. The agency filed its report saying there was no forensic or circumstantial evidence suggesting rape and murder as alleged in the FIR registered by Uttar Pradesh Police after the girls’ bodies were found hanging from a tree in May. The CBI said the two girls had committed suicide fearing retribution as the elder girl’s affair with a local boy from a different caste had come to light.
The final report mentions questionable actions of the fathers of the girls, an uncle and main witness Nazru, also a distant relative, leaving it to the court to take further action, sources said. The bodies of the two cousins, both around 14 years, were found hanging in an orchard on May 28 last year. The girls’ families had alleged that they were kidnapped and murdered by five youths from the village. The incident sparked an outcry in the country and abroad with questions being raised over the law and order situation.
Even United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon had expressed concern. The CBI said 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 agency closed the investigation after dropping charges against five persons - Pappu, Awadhesh and Urvesh Yadav (brothers) and constables Chhatrapal Yadav and Sarvesh Yadav - named as prime accused by the state police for the alleged rape and murder of the girls.
Both policemen were even terminated by the government.