A local court in Badaun has lashed out at Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for not providing the copy of the evidences to the family of the two sisters, who died in mysteries circumstance in Katra area in May last year leading to nation wide protest. Additional District Judge(ADJ) Mohmud Ullah, took up the hearing in the absence of ADJ( Posco Court) Anil Kumar and asked the CBI to hand over the copy of the evidences to the family members. However, CBI counsel said that they are not bound to give the evidences to the family members.
The court has fixed May 6 as the next date of hearing in the case and directed that on the day CBI should hand over the copy of the evidences to the family members. Earlier the court had fixed Thursday for the CBI to hand over the evidences to the family members but they refused to do so. The court has also asked the CBI to provide all the video graphy and other evidences to them. Counsel for the girls family member Kokab Naqvi said that CBI has filed a 28 page objection on the protest petition filed by them against the CBI’s closure report in the case.
The court had asked the CBI to submit the evidences in the court and provide a copy to the family members by April 10, but they refused to do so and sought more time for it. CBI’s counsel Rajat Ranjan told media persons that the court cannot force the agency to provide copy of the evidences to the family members of the girls. He said that CBI will honour all the directives of the court and had brought the evidences on every hearing. On May 27 last year, two cousin sisters were found hanging from a tree leading to nation wide protest but later in CBI probe it was found that neither they were raped or murdered. The conclusion of the CBI has been challenged by the family members of the victims.