Girl murdered, not raped, says fresh autopsy report

Jun 13, 2011 |

Lakhimpur

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Lakhimpur girl case

A fresh post mortem on a 14-year-old girl, found hanging in a police station here, on Monday revealed she was murdered but ruled out rape even as the Mayawati government ordered a CB-CID probe, removed a top police officer and suspended three doctors.

“The second post mortem conducted by a panel of doctors from Lucknow has concluded that the girl was strangulated but ruled out rape,” Special Director General of Police (SDGP) Brij Lal told reporters in Lucknow.

He said Lakhimpur SP D.K. Rai has been removed and Amit Chandra, a PAC Commandant in Lucknow, has been posted in his place.

“The SP has been removed as prima facie laxity in supervision of the investigation has been detected. As a senior officer, he should not have relied solely on the (first) post mortem report,” the SDGP said.

He said the three doctors, who performed the autopsy earlier — A.K. Agarwal, S.P. Singh and A.K. Sharma — have been placed under suspension.

The second post mortem was performed by a panel of doctors from Lucknow after the body of the girl was exhumed from Nighasan town here.

“The doctors have been suspended as they mentioned asphyxia as the cause of death which was entirely different from the findings of the new report,” he said.

Divisional commissioner, Lucknow, Prashant Trivedi and IGP Subesh Kumar told a press conference here that the girl was strangulated and had not died due to asphyxia, caused by the hanging, as mentioned in the first report.

After the incident sparked an outrage, the state government rejected the earlier autopsy report and ordered a fresh post mortem by a panel of doctors from other districts.

Missing since Friday evening, the girl was found hanging from a tree inside the premises of Nighasan police station. The victim’s mother in her complaint had alleged that her daughter was raped and murdered.

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