Taking strong action in the delay over investigation into the death of a girl student of Jawahar Navoday Vidyalaya in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh government has transferred the Superintendent of Police of the district.
Government has also initiated departmental action against the SP Ajay Shankar Rai. Apart from the action on SP, the state government has decided to again request Central Bureau of Investigation to take up the case as requested earlier also in September just after the death of the girl. Meanwhile, three member Special Investigation Team under the leadership of Mohit Agrawal, IG, Kanpur range will probe the matter.
A statement issued by the Home Department said that Superintendent of Police Ajay Shankar Rai has been removed from Mainpuri district with immediate effect and attached UP DGP Headquarters in Lucknow. Ajay Kumar, who was posted as the superintendent of police in Shamli district, has been made the new SP of Mainpuri.
A 17-year-old girl student of class 11 was found dead on September 16 in her school’s hostel room in Bhogaon area of Mainpuri. The family members of the girl have blamed Navodaya Vidyalaya administration for the death alleging that she was badly beaten and murdered. On September 27, the state government sent a letter to the Centre recommending a CBI probe. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued strict directives to all the senior police officers that if there is any delay or laxity in the investigation of such serious cases, then stringent action will be initiated.
