Rajasthan govt working to cover up rape case, alleges BJP

JAIPUR: A day after Alwar police ruled out rape of a hearing and speech impaired minor girl in Alwar, state BJP accused the Congress government of taking U-turn on the infamous case to save his party from the embarrassment in the poll-bound states.
In a presser on Saturday, state BJP president Satish Poonia reminded CM Ashok Gehlot of the initial statements of JK Lon Hospital doctors and police claiming the victim suffered brutal rape and assault on January 11-12.“What has changed in the last two days is again a matter of investigation. It is, however, clear that the government’s contradictory stand has lost the faith of the victim and the family in getting justice,” said Poonia while calling for the CBI inquiry considering the government is working to cover up the matter.
Responding to a question on why they (BJP) can’t wait for the police investigation to be completed, Poonia replied, “The doctors who conducted the surgery for three hours confessed to have not seen such an atrocity before and drawn the equivalence with the infamous Nirbhaya case of Delhi. Also, the police to the media didn’t hesitate in calling it rape raised serious doubt on the course of investigation after the denial of rape.
Our concern is that if SIT has been constituted why the government has waited for it to complete the investigation and bring the truth before the world.”