Monika Dagar case: High Court summons UP Home Secretary

After a month in jail,Saini came out on August 11 and approached the Delhi High Court to know the whereabouts of his wife.

The court had directed UP Police on September 16 to produce Dagar in court. Dagar,however,died under mysterious circumstances at her family home the same day the court order came.

The Delhi High Court had,in the previous hearing,pulled up Ghaziabad police for bungling investigations in the case,leading to her husband’s arrest and her suspicious death in her paternal home.

A Bench headed by Justices S K Kaul and Justice Ajit Bharihoke had,on the previous date,also sought responses from the UP Police and the Home Secretary on why a case of murder was not framed against the girl’s family as prima facie evidence pointed to honour killing.

The police informed the court that a case has already been registered against nine persons,including Dagar’s mother Yashoda Devi and brother Nitin.

The court has now sought a written response from the UP Government as to why the matter should not be probed by the CBI by the next date of hearing,December 14.