The Jammu and Kashmir Police has no objection to a CBI probe into the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua district of the state, DGP S P Vaid said today.
The J&K Police, probing the case, had filed a charge sheet against the accused in a court in Kathua on Monday and Tuesday.
"We have no objection to a CBI inquiry, but the J&K Police is as competent as the CBI," Vaid said during a live broadcast on Twitter.
Vaid justified the Crime Branch probe into the rape and murder of the Bakerwal girl.
"If we can fight terrorism and stone pelters, why cannot the J&K Police perform the professional duties of investigation. Our officers go on deputation to the CBI," the DGP said.
Asked about one of the officers involved in the case, he said, "The sub-inspector... I have been told... was acquitted by the court."
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