Badaun sisters’ suicide: CBI asked to file evidence in 2 days

The court also ordered the victims’ side to sumbit their protest within seven days after getting the evidence.

With the CBI failing to submit the evidences along with case diary on the basis of which it had filed the closure report in the alleged rape and murder case of Badaun cousins, a POCSO court Tuesday gave the agency two days to do so.

Additional district judge (POCSO Act) Anil Kumar, ordered the CBI to provide the evidence to the victims’ side as well as the court, counsel of the victims, Kokab Hasan Naqvi said.

The court also ordered the victims’ side to sumbit their protest within seven days after getting the evidence, he said, adding that the court will next hear the case on February 11. After hearing both the sides on Monday, the court had reserved its judgement for today.

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The CBI was to submit evidences along with case diary to corroborate its “closure report” on Monday. Naqvi had stated in court that it seems that CBI did not have any evidence in the case.

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CBI’s counsel Rajat Kumar had, however, said that the agency had all the evidences on the basis of which a closure report was filed on December 11 last year, in which it was claimed that the girls had committed suicide. The bodies of the two cousins were found hanging in an orchard on May 28 last year.

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