Banda rape victim undergoes medical test at AIIMS

The girl was allegedly raped in December last year,but the CBI got the investigation last month only following a Supreme Court order on September 12.

The agency is trying to reconstruct the scene of the crime along with examination of forensic evidence collected by the local police.

According to the FIR,the girl was raped at BSP MLA Purshottam Naresh Dwivedi’s residence in Banda during the day time on December 11 and in the late night hours of December 12 and 13. Later,she was booked on the charges of stealing some articles from the MLA’s residence and was sent to jail.

From the jail,she made an application to local court,alleging rape and other criminal acts by the MLA and his men. On the court’s order,a case was lodged on January 12. The medical examination,which took over a month after the incident,ruled out rape.

A CBI official said that besides the MLA,the girl had accused his associates,namely Neta,Rajen Shukla,Ram Naresh alias Rawan and Virendra Garg,of raping her at Dwivedi’s house.

The girl also alleged the MLA,the then Banda SP Anil Kumar Das and then SHO of the local police station Abdul Jabbar framed her in a false case of theft.

The CBI Lucknow had registered the case of rape on September 16 following directives of the Supreme Court.