Move welcome, however sack cops who botched up probe: Walayar ladies’ mom

By Express News Service
PALAKKAD: The mom of the minor Dalit ladies on Monday welcomed the federal government determination at hand over the probe within the case to CBI, however demanded motion in opposition to the investigating officers who had botched up the inquiry. Reacting to the federal government determination, she mentioned that the High Court ought to monitor the CBI probe. She additionally demanded that every one police officers who had been concerned in scuttling the probe by not investigating the rape and homicide angles needs to be dismissed from service by the federal government. 

The authorities determination at hand over the probe to CBI comes 4 years after the dying of the elder lady. “The investigating officers went to the extent of blaming the girls for the incidents. They had also asked the girls’ father to own up the responsibility for their deaths. The government has always stated that its is with the family who lost the two girls. If the government is sincere, it should initiate action against then DySP M J Sojan and then sub-inspector P C Chacko and dismiss them from service,” she demanded.

Walayar Neethi Samara Samithi convener V M Marsen additionally welcomed the federal government determination and demanded a High Court-monitored probe . To a query whether or not he was concentrating on solely then DySP Sojan, Marsen mentioned it was the investigating officer who was chargeable for the lapses within the probe. A junior officer within the probe workforce beneath Sojan had mentioned the youthful lady had seen two individuals popping out of the hut with their faces coated simply earlier than her elder sister was discovered hanging. 

‘Investigation by local police was a failure’Palakkad: The determination at hand over Walayar case to the CBI by the state authorities is tantamount to admitting that the probe into the case by the police was a failure , mentioned C Krishnakumar, BJP state common secretary. He mentioned that the native police had torpedoed the case.  In spite of the dad and mom of the ladies and the general public demanding a CBI inquiry, the federal government was not receptive to it. It was solely when the High Court demanded additional investigation into the case that the state authorities took a call at hand over the case to the CBI.

He mentioned the mom of the ladies had met the Chief Minister in Thiruvananthapuram and he had promised to assist the household. But when it turned clear that justice was being delayed, the dad and mom took to the trail of agitation which the truth is compelled the hand of the federal government. He mentioned that it was the LDF Government which promoted the police officers who investigated the case.