'When foundational version itself suffers from serious doubts... directing further investigation would amount to permitting fishing enquiry', order said, citing delay in FIR, denial by witness.
A Himachal Pradesh court accepts police closure report for second time, ending proceedings in gang-rape case against Haryana BJP chief and singer Rocky Mittal. Police cited lack of evidence.
It orders Kasauli court to hear woman's objections by 30 July & decide whether to uphold police closure report or reopen case against Mohan Lal Badoli & Haryanvi singer Rocky Mittal.
Dr Arvind Malhotra, the District and Sessions Judge, Solan, who took up the case Tuesday, has sought records of the case from the court of judicial magistrate, Kasauli.
This comes after he had changed tune from eulogising PM Modi to singing songs like ‘Mujhe Maaf Karna, Rahul Mere Bhai' to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
A gang rape case was lodged against Badoli and Mittal at Kasauli police station in December. Badoli’s wife Geeta has called the allegations politically motivated, and demanded CBI probe.
Haryana minister Anil Vij says he is sure BJP high command will take note of allegations of gang rape and criminal intimidation levelled against state BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli.
The alleged incident took place in Kasauli in July 2023. The complainant accused Mohan Lal Badoli & Mittal of taking compromising photos and videos of her & threatening to release them.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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