Hazaribag (Jharkhand), March 29 Jharkhand DGP Tadasha Mishra said on Sunday that a three-member SIT has been constituted for a swift investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Bishnugarh, Hazaribag.
The special investigation team (SIT) is headed by IPS probationer Shubham Bhausaheb and includes Bishnugarh Sub-Divisional Police Officer Baijnath Prasad and Bishnugarh police station officer-in-charge Sapan Mahatha, who is also the investigating officer in the case.
"In view of the seriousness of the case, the SIT has been formed and directed to submit its report to me within a week. The SIT will investigate all aspects during its investigation. We are awaiting the report from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) Ranchi and also the autopsy report of the case," the DGP said.
The SIT is mandated to submit a progress report, along with details regarding the actions taken thus far, to the DGP within a week.
Hazaribag SP Anjani Anjan said a woman sub-inspector has also been deputed to assist the SIT.
"We are hopeful of apprehending the culprits. It is too early to draw conclusions before the post-mortem examination report. Prima facie, it does not appear to be a case of sexual assault," he added.
According to police, the girl had gone with her mother to watch the 'Mangla' procession, a procession taken out as part of Ram Navami rituals, at her native village in Kusumba within Bishnugarh police station limits on the night of March 24.
Her family alleged in the FIR that she was abducted and her body was found on March 25 (Wednesday) at a field in her village.
BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu has warned that if arrests were not made, torch rallies would be held across all block headquarters in Hazaribagh on March 29, followed by a district-wide shutdown on March 30.
