CBI starts fresh probe into Bulandshahr gang rape case

GHAZIABAD/BULANDSHAHR: On the order of the Allahabad High Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday began investigation into the Bulandshahr highway

GHAZIABAD/BULANDSHAHR: On the order of the Allahabad High Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday began investigation into the Bulandshahr highway robbery and gang rape case and registered a fresh case.

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The CBI registered the case of dacoity with intent of causing grievous hurt, gang rape, wrongful confinement and provision of POCSO Act.

“A CBI team and forensic experts visited Bulandshahr on Friday and checked the crime scene,” a CBI spokesperson said.

The police have arrested six people, including the prime suspect Saleem Bawaria. A suspect, identified by the police as Fati, is on the run.

“The CBI team also collected documents related to the case. Senior officers from Bulandshahr police were present... we hope that investigation goes in the proper direction,” said a family member.

Earlier, taking cognizance of the incident, the Allahabad High Court rapped the UP Police for laxity and directed the CBI to take up investigation in the case.

“Bearing in mind the manner in which the investigation has proceeded till now, the glaring lapses which are more than evident from the record, considering the depravity of the crime and the impact that this occurrence has had on the nation as a whole, we are of the considered opinion that the circumstances of the case warrant a transfer of the investigation to the CBI forthwith(sic),” a bench of chief justice Dilip B Bhosale and justice Yashwant Varma said in their August 12 order.

“The crime in question has transcended far beyond what may be described as a tragedy which befell an isolated family,” the court said.