CBI gives evidences in connection with death of Badaun sisters

CBI today presented all the evidences in a local court here in connection with the death of two sisters in May last year.
Additional District Judge Ahmadullah Khan, while directing the girls' counsel to conclude arguments, fixed May 23 as the next date of hearing, victims counsel Kokab Hasan Naqvi said.
CBI had filed the closure report in the case on December 11 last year claiming that the girls had committed suicide and were not raped nor murdered.
CBI had closed the investigation after dropping charges against five persons Pappu, Awadhesh and Urvesh Yadav (brothers) and police constables Chhatrapal Yadav and Sarvesh Yadav named as prime accused by the state police in the case.

Later, on February 5, the agency submitted evidences in a POCSO court to corroborate its closure report.
The agency had submitted 91-page report, including a 34-page closure report, two pages each of the post mortem examination of both the girls, four pages containing the list of witnesses, while the remaining pages had statements of the witnesses, DNA, forensic and status reports, among others.

The agency had filed its report saying there was no forensic or circumstantial evidence suggesting rape and murder as alleged in the FIR registered by Uttar Pradesh Police after the girls' bodies were found hanging from a tree in Katra village on May 28 last year.

CBI had said that the girls committed suicide fearing retribution as the elder girl's affair with a local boy from a different caste had come to light.
The girls' families had alleged that they were kidnapped and murdered by five youths from the village.
The incident had sparked an outrage in the country with questions being raised over the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh.