Lucknow, January 14: The Uttar Pradesh government today suspended three police officers, lodged an FIR against one of them and ordered inquiry against the then DIG of Kanpur in Divya sexual assault and death case of September last year.
“On the basis of the inquiry report submitted by the Crime Branch-CID, suspension of three police officers has been ordered by Chief Minister Mayawati, besides ordering an inquiry against the then DIG of Kanpur Prem Prakash,” Cabinet Secretary Shashnak Shekhar Singh told reporters here.
Those suspended included Station House Officer of Kalyanpur Anil Kumar, accused of illegal detention and falsification of records, Additional Superintendent of Police Lal Bahadur and deputy SP L Mishra, both accused of acting against the provisions of public conduct rulebook, he said.
An FIR has been registered against the SHO.
Singh said a departmental probe has been ordered against Prem Prakash on charges of improper supervision of the case.
“The inquiry will be conducted by Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order), who will submit his report within two weeks,” he said.
The Cabinet Secretary said the government has also informed Medical council of India about conduct of a private doctor named Abha Mishra, who allegedly medically examined Divya. She was not authorised to conduct the examination.
The incident occurred on September 27 when 12-year-old Anushka alias Divya, a fourth standard student of Gyan Bharati, was sexually assaulted within the school premises.
Divya was sent back home along with two maids and her mother was informed at her workplace. Divya died in hospital that evening. The CB-CID probe was ordered on October 23.
While school manager C P Varma’s son Piyush was chargesheeted yesterday for the sexual assault, the CB-CID in its report has also said that the manager and his other son Mukesh were guilty of connivance. It found “shortcomings in the police action,” the official said.
After the incident, Divya’s parents, locals and social activists staged a demonstration, following which police resorted to lathicharge.
Initially, police lodged an FIR against unidentified persons and later arrested Divya’s neighbour Munna.
However, Divya’s mother Sonu Bhadauria claimed that Munna was innocent and charged school manager’s son Piyush of sexually assaulting her daughter, which led to her death.
Singh said that the CB-CID report has established that Munna was innocent and DNA test conducted during inquiry suggested Piyush’s involvement in the assault.
Police had arrested Piyush on October 15 last year charging him with murder and unnatural sex.
Following large-scale protest and demonstrations by social organisations and activists, Director General of Police Kamraveer Singh announced a CB-CID probe into the incident. The CB-CID yesterday filed a charge-sheet against Piyush, the main accused, in a court in Kanpur.
–PTI