CBI lodges case against Rajasthan Minister

Sriganganagar, Dec 19 (UNI) The CBI has lodged a case against Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Surendrapal Singh Titi, and begin investigations into allegations that he pressurised the state police to downplay a kidnapping and sexual assault case.

A CBI team, headed by Deputy Police Superintendent A G L Kaul, will investigate the matter.

The case was lodged after the Rajasthan High Court directed the CBI to probe the unlawful political pressure on the police by the Minister to brush the case of allegedly kidnapping and sexually abusing one Mandeep Kaur under carpet.

A two-member High Court Bench had passed the order on November 6.

Last October, the then acting Additional Superintendent of Police, CID (Crime) Mahavir Prasad, had produced a report in the High Court that the victim was kidnapped by one Amarjeet Singh as part of a conspiracy to grab land worth lakhs of rupees.

The report also said that the Ganganagar District Police was being unduely pressurised by relatives of Amarjeet Singh and the Minister.

Taking serious cogniscance of the report, the High Court asked the CBI to probe the matter.

The case was lodged in New Delhi under sections 376, 355, 329, 384, 467 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code.

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