CBI adds three more names in the supplementary chargesheet in Dingerheri Gang Rape, Double Murder and Dacoity case: Earlier chargesheet against four members of ‘axle gang’.

In a new twist in the infamous Dingerheri gang rape of two girls, two murders and robbery case of Mewat district, the CBI has submitted a supplementary chargesheet against three more accused, in which one is the serving army jawan. Earlier CBI had submitted chargesheet against four members of ‘axle gang’ for their committing the crime, whereas the SIT of Haryana Police had arrested four local youth; who are currently on interim bail from High Court. Adding twist to the case the victim girls’ plea through senior Advocate Salman Khursid for cancellation of interim bail is also pending before Supreme Court.

 “Now, total 11 accused are bound to face trial before special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh at Panchkula. However, initially the FIR had been registered only against 4-5 unknown persons.” Said Advocate Pardeep Kumar Rapria; who is the counsel for the youths arrested earlier by SIT Haryana.   Curiously enough; the charge sheet mentions the status of accused as: ‘Not Arrested’, though the addresses and whereabouts of all accused have been established, in which one is ‘Signal Man’ in Army.

The case had hit the international headlines, when on the intervening night of August 24-25, 2016; a family in Dingerheri was attacked. A Muslim couple was killed and several members of their family were injured and a 21-year-old woman and 16-year-old girl from the family were raped.

As per the supplementary chargesheet, submitted on January 23, all eleven accused have been charged for murders, attempt to murder, gang rape, robbery and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act. Total eight accused also appeared before the special CBI court on Thursday and the copy of chargesheet was supplied to them. Then the CBI Court summoned the three freshly added accused namely Amit Yadav of Nakdolia ki Dhani, Mohammadpur Ahir, Ravinder Yadav alias Fauzi from, village Goyla Nandu ki Dhani and Tejpal Yadav of village Baganki, to appear before court on February 14, who can be sent to judicial custody if not released on bail.

The case was initially registered on August 25, 2016 by Haryana police and the state police had claimed big success in the case, after they arrested four local youths within four days of the crime.

However, there was resentment among the villagers who claimed that the arrested youth were not involved in the crime after which the case was sent to CBI for probe. Finally on December 5, 2016 CBI had taken over the investigation of the case.

This is the third chargesheet against in the same case, as earlier the Haryana police had submitted a charge sheet in November 2016 for the same offence against four boys including Sandeep, Amarjeet, Karamjeet and Rahul Verma, all residents of Mohammadpur Ahir village of Mewat. Then CBI submitted second supplementary chargesheet against the four members of excel gang. Now, three more accused have been added. These accused, however, have been claiming innocence in the main case and had already filed an application before the special CBI court for discharging them from the case.

 “The fresh charge sheet against members of ‘axle gang’ supported by the matching of their DNA with the DNA profile collected from the private parts and clothes of rape victims and their finger prints has proved the innocence of these seven local youths. The names of the local youths have been added only on the statement of the victim family members. It has also exposed how unreliable the police can be when it comes to investigating grave crimes amidst a public outcry and close media scrutiny,” said Advocate Pardeep Rapria.

Earlier during the investigation by SIT Haryana, the lie detection test of four local youths was also conducted, in which no deception was detected.