Two years later, Allahabad HC to supervise fresh probe into Mainpuri minor rape case
The Hindu
Serious lapses in the investigation of the case, 3 officers suspended: U.P. DGP tells court
Two years after a 16-year-old girl, a Class 11 student of a Centre-run school in Mainpuri, was found hanging from the ceiling fan in her hostel, a fresh investigation was launched into her death after the original inquiry conducted by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was found to have suffered from “serious lapses”, leading to the suspension of three senior police officers and pending action against another.
The girl’s family had alleged that she was sexually assaulted before being assaulted and murdered as she knew “secret things” about the school, and that the police were trying to protect the accused in the case — the principal of the school, the hostel warden, and another person. The police had prima facie called it a case of suicide.
The new probe would be conducted under the supervision of the Allahabad High Court, which also directed the police to provide adequate security to the family of the girl as well as the petitioner in the case.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.