Two days after the CBI filed its charge-sheet in the case relating to the mysterious death of two minor sisters in Kerala's Walayar, the mother of the victims has written a letter to the investigation agency's head expressing dissatisfaction in its findings.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team which probed the the case has concluded that the girls committed suicide following serial sexual abuse. The agency filed its charge-sheet before a POCSO court in Palakkad on Monday.
The girls' mother, a daily-wager who is supported by an action council seeking justice for the victims, had challenged the findings as soon as media reported about the charge-sheet.
In her letter to the CBI director, she has reiterated her doubts and concerns. She said the charge-sheet was prepared in a haste and the CBI has just reproduced the findings of the state police in its charge-sheet.
She said the charge-sheet was prepared without properly recording the statements of the parents of the victims and the leaders of the action council. She said whenever they asked about the status of the CBI inquiry, they were told that it was in the preliminary stage. She wanted to know then how could the agency file its charge-sheet in a haste.
She is likely to move the Kerala High Court challenging the CBI's findings.
The CBI team, headed by DySP Ananthakrishnan, completed the
investigation in nine months. The charge-sheet states that scientific and circumstantial evidence have ruled out possibility of murder of the girls.
The CBI has named as accused the same people who were found to be the culprits by the police. Valiya Madhu, Shibu and Kutti Madhu are the accused in the death of the elder girl. Valiya Madhu and another minor boy are accused of abetting the younger girl's suicide.
The CBI began its probe into the case in April following orders of the Kerala High Court which had directed the agency to take over the probe without any delay. The high court order came on a petition filed by the victims' mother.
The eldest girl, aged 13, was found hanging inside their hut on January 13, 2017 and the younger sister (9) on March 4.
Walayar police had come to the conclusion that the girls were sexually abused in unnatural way by five persons including a juvenile for nearly one year till they were forced to commit suicide by the accused by tresspassing into their dwelling.
In January, the high court had ordered a re-trial in the case, considering a plea challenging order of a special POCSO court in Palakkad, acquitting the five accused for want for evidence.
The high court on March 19 had directed the CBI to take up the probe into the Walayar case. The high court gave the directive after considering the state government's consent for the CBI probe into the case.