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Cuttack: The Orissa High Court on Thursday deferred to January 11 the hearing on the petitions, seeking a CBI probe into the kidnapping and murder of a five- year-old girl in Nayagarh.
A division bench of Justice B R Sarangi and Justice Pramath Patnaik adjourned the hearing on two PILs after the SIT chief submitted a status report on the investigation into the case.
The two Public Interest Litigations, seeking the CBI inquiry into the case, were filed by an advocate Padmalaya Mohapatra and Bharatiya Vikash Parishad, a social organisation.
The five-year-old girl was kidnapped and murdered in July. The Odisha government ordered a high court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigation keeping in view the gravity of the case and the failure by the police to make any headway even after five months since the incident.
The SIT has recently arrested a person, who is a resident of the victim's village, in connection with the case.
Meanwhile, senior IPS officer Arun Bothra, head of the SIT investigating the case, today clarified on the missing-bones claims and the doubts raised over the minor’s body decomposing in just a few days.
Apparently trying to clear the air, Bothra told reporters, “No bones of the deceased girl are missing. The post mortem report has no mention of any missing bone, and the doctors too have corroborated the same.”
“The towel, which Saroj used to clean blood stains after killing the 5-year-old girl has been sent to lab for testing. The accused had washed the towel several times but bloodstains were found. The towel and leggings are major evidence in the case,” the SIT chief told media persons.
What’s more shocking is the fact that the family of Saroj Sethi has now been accused of shielding him. Bothra stated that someone from his family knew about the crime and “we are trying to extract from them when exactly did they come to know about this.”
(With PTI Inputs)
