Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 24: With one more officer associated with CB probe into Rassana case having been found to be tainted and suspended in the past for his alleged dubious role, the justification for the people’s demand for CBI probe gets further strengthened, NPP chairman and former minister Harsh Dev Singh said here today.
Talking to media-persons here, Singh said that with credentials of the two officers constituting the probe team being doubtful, the findings of such a committee surely become questionable. Why should the Govt opt for officers of doubtful integrity and disputable antecedents for probing a sensitive issue which had international connotations, he said.
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“What will be the sanctity of the findings of a committee comprising tainted officers?” Singh questioned seeking the handing over of the said probe to CBI in consonance with the public sentiment in the region.
Lambasting the BJP for blowing hot and cold over the issue, Singh lamented the varying stands taken by its leadership at different places and on different occasions depending upon their political expediencies. Not only had they toed the PDP line over the issue but accused their own electorates of being communal besides levelling accusations of supporting rapists and criminals. Accusing the BJP of brazenly defying the sensitivities of the Jammu people, Singh said that such outrageous conduct on the part of saffron leaders would leave a permanent scar on the hearts and minds of the people.
Maintaining that Jammu had a time tested history of communal harmony and brotherhood, Singh accused the vested interests of trying to dub the people of the region as communal. The way the BJP responded to the demand for CBI had shocked the collective sentiment of Jammu, said Harsh.
Harsh Dev said that NPP would continue its campaign for CBI probe in its pursuit for justice to the Rassana victim for bringing to fore the perpetrators of heinous offence.
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