The Bharatiya Bikash Parisad (BBP) on Wednesday filed a fresh miscellaneous petition in the Orissa High Court in connection with the sexual assault and murder of five-year-old girl Pari at Jadupur village in Nayagarh district.
The petition, filed on behalf of BBP State president Surendra Panigrahi, sought conduct of polygraph tests of the persons named in the FIR by the deceased’s parents and bring them under the purview of investigation.The BBP has earlier moved the High Court seeking a CBI probe into the case and a compensation of Rs 25 lakh for the deceased’s family.Pari’s parents had on November 24 attempted self-immolation outside the State Legislative Assembly demanding justice for their daughter.
Alleging police inaction in the case, the couple accused Minister Arun Kumar Sahoo of shielding ‘accused’ Babuli Nayak.
Probing case, the IPS officer Arun Bothra-led Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Crime Branch recently arrested one Saroj Sethy of Jadupur village for allegedly raping and killing the girl.
