Justice Mantha ordered that the SIT will look into the investigation and in addition contemplate the studies of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and its State counterpart, the SCPCR. Image used for consultant goal solely.
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The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed {that a} Special Investigation Team (SIT) be fashioned to look into the unnatural death of a woman at Kaliaganj on April 21 in West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district. Justice Rajasekhar Mantha stated that the SIT was vital “to restore the faith of the family and the public at large in the investigation”.
The courtroom directed {that a} SIT be fashioned comprising Upendra Nath Biswas, a retired Additional Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Pankaj Datta, a retired Inspector-General of Police from the State, and Damayanti Sen, a senior IPS officer of the State police.
“The SIT shall be at liberty to appoint any person or persons of their choice to assist in their investigation. The SIT shall have all the powers under the Code of Criminal Procedure to conduct the investigation into the death of the victim and the FIR No. 156 of 2023 dated 21st April, 2023,” the order by the High Court stated. Justice Mantha directed that Director-General of Police, West Bengal, Kaliyaganj Police Station and the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Itahar, shall hand over all of the supplies together with the case diary to the SIT as and when requested for.
The Court additionally added that the SIT shall contemplate and be free to order a second autopsy if deemed vital by them.
Justice Mantha ordered that the SIT will look into the investigation and in addition contemplate the studies of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) and its State counterpart, the SCPCR. He stated the 2 Commissions needn’t proceed within the matter any additional. “Both the NCPCR and the SCPCR shall submit their respective reports to the SIT for their consideration,” the order stated. The courtroom added that Kaliyaganj Police Station shall guarantee adequate safety to the relations of the sufferer.
The death of the 17-year-old lady at Kaliaganj on April 21 had triggered big protests within the space. Locals had additionally attacked and set Kaliaganj police station on fireplace. The relations of the sufferer alleged that the lady was murdered whereas the police stated that prima facie, death was due to suicide.
The SIT probe comes within the wake of a number of different orders of the Calcutta High Court the place it had proven lack of religion in State police and assigned central investigating businesses to probe incidents of violence and political killings.
