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Nithari killings: CBI arrests suspended woman cop
By IANS,
Mar 21, 2007 - 7:14:37 PM
New Delhi, March 21 - The Central Bureau of Investigation - Wednesday arrested a suspended woman officer of the Uttar Pradesh Police in the national capital for her alleged negligence in investigating the infamous Nithari serial killings.
Simranjit Kaur, who was suspended as a sub-inspector of Noida police, was the investigating officer to probe the killings of children and women in Nithari village in Noida.
She will be produced before a court here Thursday, a senior CBI official said. 'We have arrested the suspended sub-inspector to examine her alleged role in the killings.'
Kaur was summoned to the CBI headquarter here Wednesday for interrogation and was arrested later.
Kaur was suspended in January for allegedly ignoring the complaints of parents of the missing children over the last two years.
The investigating agency also questioned her over her alleged attempt to scuttle a probe in the murder of a woman named Payal last year, who was allegedly sexually exploited by Pandher.
Earlier CBI had raided Kaur's house in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, after taking charge of the investigation from Noida police Jan 10.
They also recovered incriminating documents from her, including some of the complaints of hapless children, that should have been in the Nithari police post, instead of her house, and she should have registered criminal cases against Pandher, said a CBI officer.
So far, five Noida police officials have been dismissed from service and another three, including former Noida senior superintendent of police Piyush Mordia and superintendent of police Soumetra Yadav, had been suspended for their inaction.
On Dec 29, skeletal remains were discovered from a sewer behind the Noida villa of businessman Pandher. In the next few days, more than 20 skulls and several bones were discovered from the drain.
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