In a serious reflection on police investigations, CBI has found alive five girls declared "dead" by Uttar Pradesh police.
The UP police had registered a case under section 302 against seven people, including the caretaker of a Nari Niketan at Varanasi, for their alleged involvement in a sex racket and murder of five inmates there. However, the Uttar Pradesh government asked the CBI to probe the matter and the agency found alive all the five girls - Neelam, Poonam, Jyoti, Soni and an unnamed girl - who were declared murdered in June, 2000 by the UP police, agency sources said. The CBI said that its team had recorded the statement of all the five girls and also photographed them which would be produced in the designated court soon. The state police had alleged that Neelam had been burnt to death, Poonam and Jyoti were hanged, Soni's throat was slit and the unnamed girl was choked to death. Bureau Report