Hours after a court denied anticipatory bail to the former DGP S.P.S. Rathore, on Friday, chief of seven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) S. S. Kapoor said that it would not arrest the accused at this stage as it would mean pre-empting a possible CBI probe in the molestation case.
The SIT is looking into two fresh FIRs filed against Mr. Rathore, which charge him with criminal offences like criminal intimidation. Mr. Kapoor said the team would continue probe till the agency takes over the case.
“An accused can be taken on police remand for custodial interrogation only for 15 days in connection with any case. If the SIT or the Haryana Police takes him on police custody now, it would mean pre-empting CBI investigations as by the time it takes over the case, the accused may have gone into judicial custody,” the officer said.
Mr. Kapoor said the SIT would not like to encroach upon the right of the CBI to have the accused (Rathore and others) in the agency’s custody.
