HC orders SIT probe in Bageshwar Dham rape case after DNA excludes accused
Justice Ajay Kumar Nirankari ordered the probe after the suspect, Raju Jatav, who has been in jail, approached the high court for bail
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the rape case of a 16-year-old girl in Bageshwar Dham, Chhatarpur district. The probe comes after a forensic report revealed that the initially arrested man, Raju Jatav, is not the biological father of the foetus. The court directed the Chhatarpur Superintendent of Police to ascertain the full sequence of sexual assault on the minor and identify the biological father.
The teenager's initial statements to the police accused Jatav of rape, but she denied it during the trial. The Bageshwar Dham temple management issued an advisory urging caution for women devotees following the incident.
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