Kunduli rape, suicide: High court rap on state police knuckles

Cuttack | Wednesday | 4th July, 2018

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The girl subsequently committed suicide on January 22 this year.Four petitions have been filed in the high court seeking CBI probes or investigation by an independent agency into the rape and suicide of the minor girl. "The state government's counsel on Tuesday provided answers to the court that were factually incorrect. However, when the court asked to show the notices, the government counsel failed to give a proper reply. The petitioners have all alleged that the state crime branch and police cannot conduct a fair probe into the incident.Hearing the petitions, one of which was filed by the brother of the deceased, the high court had asked the state government to file a complete status report on the incident. The court was irked about it," said Hooda..