The Supreme Court docket on Wednesday (January 22, 2025) issued a discover to the Madhya Pradesh authorities searching for its response on a petition demanding a CBI or SIT investigation into the loss of life of a 20-year-old Dalit girl and alleged murders of her brother and uncle in Sagar district.
A Bench of Justices J.Ok. Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar, listening to a petition filed by Anjana Ahirwar’s mom on Wednesday, sought the State authorities’s calls for of transferring the investigation out of Madhya Pradesh and police safety for the sufferer’s household.
Anjana, a resident of Sagar’s Khurai city, had died in Might 2024 after she allegedly fell from an ambulance that was carrying the physique of her uncle who had been allegedly thrashed to loss of life simply days in the past. Her 18-year-old brother had been allegedly murdered by a gaggle of males after he didn’t reportedly conform to “settle” a 2019 case of molestation towards them by Anjana, and their mom was additionally allegedly stripped and overwhelmed in August 2023.
The uncle, who died in Might final yr, was additionally a witness within the 2023 homicide of Anjana’s brother.
Anjana’s loss of life had created an enormous uproar with Congress and different Opposition events focusing on the BJP authorities over atrocities towards Dalits and Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visiting the household and assuring justice.
Whereas the Sagar police have dominated out any foul play in Anjana’s loss of life, the household has rejected the police claims. The police have additionally arrested a number of males in reference to the 2 alleged murders.
The household has, nevertheless, lengthy accused the police and authorities of protecting the accused who, they declare, are linked to BJP MLA and former State Minister Bhupendra Singh.
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Within the petition earlier than the Supreme Court docket too, the lady’s mom has alleged that the BJP chief is “influencing and threatening the witnesses” and stated that the prosecution of the accused just isn’t potential in Madhya Pradesh.
“He is influencing and threatening the witnesses. Due to the power and influence of the accused, three family members, who were important witnesses in the criminal conspiracy against the Dalit family, have already been murdered in the span of one year,” the petition learn, demanding to switch the probe out of the State.
The petition additionally stated: “The sabotage of the investigation and the killing of eyewitnesses were the result of a criminal conspiracy, which involved members of the village’s dominant community headed by the former Home Minister of the State of M.P.”
The court docket has sought the federal government’s response by the third week of March.
Printed – January 23, 2025 04:49 am IST
