SHIMLA: After finding that five persons arrested by police had no role in the Kotkhai rape-murder case, the CBI had expanded the ambit of investigation and had taken blood samples of 250 people before finally arresting Anil Kumar on April 13.The CBI charge-sheet filed in the trial court on May 29 says that role of Ashish Chauhan, Rajinder Singh, Lokjan, Depak and Subhash in the act of rape and murder of Gudiya was not observed in their polygraph BEOS and narco analysis tests. After finding that motive of rape and killing of a minor was not established in any of the five subjects (arrested persons), the CBI concluded that without any substantial evidence the local police took harsh steps during interrogation against those arrested.Since it was a blind case, the CBI while expanding the ambit of investigation took blood samples of 250 people comprising local residents, male teachers of victim’s school, outsider teacher and staff who were present at Mahasu during sports tournament, male students, classmates of the victim, including ex-students of the school, some relatives of the victim, labourers, including wood cutters, carriage labourers working in the area during the relevant period. The CBI had also examined their movement from June 4-6, 2017.During the course of investigation, Anil came under the CBI radar and a team started tracking his movement. It was found that he was using the mobile phones of other people to call his relatives. The CBI had also taken the blood samples of Japhi Devi, mother of Anil.The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in its report on March 28 had confirmed that the reference DNA extracted from the exhibits seized from the scene of crime and that from the body of the deceased was found consistent with Anil Kumar. After this the CBI intensified the field investigation to trace him, who was missing and whose whereabouts were untraceable.

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