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In a major setback to the prosecution,a local court on Wednesday rejected the Maharashtra CID closure report in mysterious death of seven-year-old Yogita Thakre and directed the agency to reinvestigate the case.
Yogita was found dead on May 19,2009 in the boot of a car parked in the home compound of then Maharashtra BJP president Nitin Gadkari at ‘Gadkariwada’ in Mahal area of the city.
Local Police had initially registered the case as of accidental death. A postmortem report,however,later revealed that the girl died of smothering.
Following a furore over the incident and especially the conduct of investigations by the local police,the case was transferred to the state CID in May 2010.
The court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Neelima Patil rejected the closure report citing inadequate findings on part of the CID and asked the agency to probe the case afresh.
Meanwhile,the kin of the deceased,including her parents and sisters,have demanded Narco test to be conducted on Nitin Gadkari,his PA Sudhir Deolgaonkar,driver Manohar Panse and then police inspector of Kotwali police station R M Katole.
They are staging a dharna at the Assembly where winter session is in progress.
A delegation comprising social activists and Yogita’s parents yesterday met Home Minister R R Patil and pointed out the shortcomings in investigations.
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