National   

AIDWA for CBI probe

NEW DELHI: The All India Democratic Women’s Association will send hundreds of telegrams to the Orissa Chief Minister demanding that the case of the alleged gang rape of a nun in Kandhamal should be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation in the light of the public statement made by the victim expressing lack of confidence in the State police.

A statement by the AIDWA here on Saturday said the sentiments and fears publicly voiced by the nun had to be appreciated. The initial reluctance of the police to register an FIR, launch immediate investigation, and arrest the accused needed to be taken into consideration, it said. If the Orissa government did not order the transfer, the Supreme Court must reconsider its earlier stance, take suo motu notice of the nun’s statement, and issue instructions for a CBI enquiry, the statement said.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Left parties for full-fledged winter session
India, Iran to explore trade, transit facilities
Gowda criticises Vaiko’s arrest
‘Government opening way for third party interference’
Lone calls for poll boycott
“Speed up probe into nun rape case”
AIDWA for CBI probe
Have a safe, silent cyber-Diwali this year!
PDP unveils “self-rule framework” for Kashmir
At last, a desi PC software system
BJP promises Mumbai pattern of housing for the poor in Delhi
Gaps in defence preparedness of submarines: CAG
Maoist activity surpasses militancy in J&K, northeast news analysis
CAG: no transparency in Space Department purchase
Gorkha Janamukti Morcha threatens to intensify agitation for separate State
Railways ill-prepared to handle disasters
Plan for a new queue complex and vehicle scanning station in Tirumala
2 ex-Army officers being questioned in blast probe
Hearing on Raj’s plea deferred

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu