Ranchi/New Delhi:
Days after journalist Nirupama Pathak was found murdered at her house in Jharkhand, in what seems to be a case of honour killing, there is still no clarity on who killed her. But her mother Sudha, who was arrested on May 3, was released from jail for three days on court orders to participate in her daughter's Shraadh or funeral ceremony.
But the investigations seem to be going nowhere. The mother has been released on parole, while Nirupama's boyfriend Priyabhanshu has become an accused.
Cops seem to be in a quandary; they can't arrest Priyabhanshu for abetment to suicide as the mother was initially arrested on a murder charges.
Meanwhile, Koderma Police have issued a notice to three doctors who conducted post-mortem on Nirupama for not preserving her viscera and foetus. The doctors are expected to be questioned today.
Commenting on the case, the Director General of Police (DGP) Jharkhand, Neyaz Ahmed, said, "The case is being investigated as one of murder. There is some negligence on the part of doctors, and that the guilty will not be spared."
Jharkhand Police have already questioned Nirupama's boyfriend Priyabhanshu.
Meanwhile, Nirupama's friends have pointed out to lapses in the case, protested against the shoddy investigations and demanded that the case be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
About 300 people under the banner of the group Justice for Nirupama gathered at Jantar Mantar and held a candle light march on Saturday demanding that the authorities take strict action against those responsible for the Delhi-based journalist's murder.
The group also accused the Jharkhand government of trying to frame her boyfriend Priyabhanshu Ranjan by booking him under various non-bailable offenses.
"We demand that the CBI should inquire into Nirupama's death as the Jharkhand police is doing an inefficient job. Though evidence is available against her real culprits, they are trying to frame Priyabhanshu and complicate the case," Anand Pradhan, HoD Hindi Journalism at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), alleged to reporters.
"If the government does not announce the formation of a CBI team to look into this matter within a week, then we will hold a protest march from the Press Club of India to Home Ministry next Saturday," he said.
Friends and colleagues of the couple expressed their shock at Priyabhanshu being charged with offenses such as rape, cheating and abetment to suicide.
But the investigations seem to be going nowhere. The mother has been released on parole, while Nirupama's boyfriend Priyabhanshu has become an accused.
Cops seem to be in a quandary; they can't arrest Priyabhanshu for abetment to suicide as the mother was initially arrested on a murder charges.
Meanwhile, Koderma Police have issued a notice to three doctors who conducted post-mortem on Nirupama for not preserving her viscera and foetus. The doctors are expected to be questioned today.
Commenting on the case, the Director General of Police (DGP) Jharkhand, Neyaz Ahmed, said, "The case is being investigated as one of murder. There is some negligence on the part of doctors, and that the guilty will not be spared."
Jharkhand Police have already questioned Nirupama's boyfriend Priyabhanshu.
Meanwhile, Nirupama's friends have pointed out to lapses in the case, protested against the shoddy investigations and demanded that the case be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
About 300 people under the banner of the group Justice for Nirupama gathered at Jantar Mantar and held a candle light march on Saturday demanding that the authorities take strict action against those responsible for the Delhi-based journalist's murder.
The group also accused the Jharkhand government of trying to frame her boyfriend Priyabhanshu Ranjan by booking him under various non-bailable offenses.
"We demand that the CBI should inquire into Nirupama's death as the Jharkhand police is doing an inefficient job. Though evidence is available against her real culprits, they are trying to frame Priyabhanshu and complicate the case," Anand Pradhan, HoD Hindi Journalism at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), alleged to reporters.
"If the government does not announce the formation of a CBI team to look into this matter within a week, then we will hold a protest march from the Press Club of India to Home Ministry next Saturday," he said.
Friends and colleagues of the couple expressed their shock at Priyabhanshu being charged with offenses such as rape, cheating and abetment to suicide.
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