Kathua rape accused move Supreme Court for transfer of probe to CBI

May 04, 2018 18:49

Sanji Ram, the main accused in the rape and murder of the eight-year-old girl in Kathua told the Supreme Court that he was innocent and the probe should be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation to get to the real culprits.

Chilling details of her horrific death had shaken the country and ultimately, forced the government to include death as one of the penalties for raping children.

A retired government official, Sanji Ram, also opposed the petition to transfer the trial against the eight accused to Chandigarh. There are 221 witnesses and it will be difficult them to travel to Chandigarh around 265 km from Kathua for court hearings.

Sanji Ram also insisted that Deepika Singh Rajawat, who had approached the Supreme Court, was not a lawyer in the trial court and the security given to her should be removed.

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