18 Feb 2017  |   07:42pm IST

NGO petitions PMO on Vasco Rape Case

Team Herald

PANJIM: NGO Savera has petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioning the wisdom of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing a closure report in the horrific case of a rape of a school girl in 2013.

In her petition, NGO’s head Tara Kerkar has sought Modi’s intervention to reinvestigate the case alleging the closure could be due to political pressure. “CBI is the country’s most trusted agency (but) now it looks like it is the most untrusted and incompetent (considering) it has submitted to the court that the accused is untraceable. It could also (be) closed due to some political pressure,” she alleged.

She claimed that the citizens are upset with the poor performance of the CBI and as such, she sought investigating the case to give the girl and her family justice. “A rape case of the minor should not be closed as it is a shameful act. The slogan Beti Bachao and BEti Padhao will be null and void,” she stated.

The NGO had last sent a letter to the PMO on January 10, 2017 regarding women’s safety in the country.