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Court turns downs SIT request for re-investigation of case
A local court on Saturday turned down the request of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to allow it to re-investigate Ayesha Meera murder case, stating that the issue was out of its jurisdiction.
Vijayawada: A local court on Saturday turned down the request of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to allow it to re-investigate Ayesha Meera murder case, stating that the issue was out of its jurisdiction.
It was a setback to the State government which constituted SIT a fortnight ago. The fourth Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate clarified that the matter does not fall under its purview.
It was a second hindrance to the State government in the case after High Court acquitted Satyam Babu who spent eight years in jail and directed the government to take action against cops involved in the investigation in March this year.
Ayesha Meera was a 19-year-old pharmacy student whose body was found with stab injuries in bathroom of a hostel here in December 2007. The investigating authorities named Satyam Babu as the accused and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the case.
Ayesha Meera’s mother and women activists had approached the High Court to file writ petition and public interest litigation. Taking a serious note of the issue, the High Court directed the government to submit action taken report. The State government, after a gap of four months, decided to get the case re-investigated by SIT on August 5.
The team will be headed by a DIG and represented by some lady police officials. The supervision of re-investigation was assigned to city Commissioner of Police Gautam Sawang. The government, however, did not focus on action against 21 police officials involved in the investigation of the case.
Following a sympathy wave for Satyam Babu who had undergone a long-term of jail and was subsequently acquitted in the case, former Krishna district Collector Babu A offered him a government job.
The case had shed light on the negligence in investigations. Earlier, dealing with negligence in investigations, the apex court had directed state governments to form apex committees to review the cases wherein the police had failed or wrongly investigated cases. The panels are authorised to act against cops responsible for wrong investigation.
