LUCKNOW: The Supreme Court has once again issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, seeking within a week a status report in the murder case of La Martiniere student Rahul Sridhar.
The notice was issued on August 30 based on a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the victim’s brother, Rohit Sridhar, in 2017. The apex court had issued a similar notice in April, which was not honoured by the state. The next date of hearing is in the third week of September.
On April 10, 2015, 15-year-old Rahul, a Class IX student, fell to his death from the 100-feet-tall Constantia building on the college campus. His parents lodged a murder FIR against unidentified persons a week later. However, in its final report submitted in a trial court, police said Rahul’s death was a suicide.
In February 2016, the bereaved family challenged the report in the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) who ordered a reinvestigation, stating that the inquiry was not properly done.
In August 2017, the family moved the high court and sought a CBI probe, claiming that evidence was being tampered with to show a murder as a suicide. While the HC directed police to conclude investigations within a month, it dismissed the demand for probe by an independent agency.
Subsequently, Rahul’s brother filed the SLP in SC, which stated that the high court did not attempt to enquire about the “evasive investigation carried out by state police”. The petition once again harps on the need for an independent probe.
“The HC disposed of the matter without even considering or appreciating doubts raised by the CJM in February 2016. Hence, we decided to move the SC,” Rohit said.
The family’s counsel Alok Kumar, in the petition to SC, has stated that analyses of the postmortem report conducted by independent experts show that Rahul was murdered. He said police had not yet probed Rahul’s conversation on Facebook with a US citizen named Larry Conners. The latter, Kumar said, might have lured the student into violent web games.
Key evidence like a blood-soaked bed linen, which was allegedly burnt by a school employee, was also not examined. Also, the signature of Rahul’s mother was forged on inquest reports.
The notice was issued on August 30 based on a special leave petition (SLP) filed by the victim’s brother, Rohit Sridhar, in 2017. The apex court had issued a similar notice in April, which was not honoured by the state. The next date of hearing is in the third week of September.
On April 10, 2015, 15-year-old Rahul, a Class IX student, fell to his death from the 100-feet-tall Constantia building on the college campus. His parents lodged a murder FIR against unidentified persons a week later. However, in its final report submitted in a trial court, police said Rahul’s death was a suicide.
In February 2016, the bereaved family challenged the report in the court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) who ordered a reinvestigation, stating that the inquiry was not properly done.
In August 2017, the family moved the high court and sought a CBI probe, claiming that evidence was being tampered with to show a murder as a suicide. While the HC directed police to conclude investigations within a month, it dismissed the demand for probe by an independent agency.
Subsequently, Rahul’s brother filed the SLP in SC, which stated that the high court did not attempt to enquire about the “evasive investigation carried out by state police”. The petition once again harps on the need for an independent probe.
“The HC disposed of the matter without even considering or appreciating doubts raised by the CJM in February 2016. Hence, we decided to move the SC,” Rohit said.
The family’s counsel Alok Kumar, in the petition to SC, has stated that analyses of the postmortem report conducted by independent experts show that Rahul was murdered. He said police had not yet probed Rahul’s conversation on Facebook with a US citizen named Larry Conners. The latter, Kumar said, might have lured the student into violent web games.
Key evidence like a blood-soaked bed linen, which was allegedly burnt by a school employee, was also not examined. Also, the signature of Rahul’s mother was forged on inquest reports.
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