The Raigad police have botched up investigation in the murder of Sheena Bora. Not only did the cops fail to register a murder case and send the body for a post-mortem and various scientific tests, they disposed of the body after only making a dairy entry . As per standard procedure, the police should have preserved the body in some government hospital morgue so that some claimant could come forward and should have registered a murder or accidental death report (ADR), but in this case police buried the body in the jungle without carrying out any scientific test.A high-level inquiry has been ordered by the state director general of police to find out who the officer incharge of the police station was at that time. The body was found on May 23, 2012. Sources said that the only good thing the police did was that they collected samples and made a small diary entry before disposing of the body .“The police have neither registered a murder nor ADR,“ said a senior police officer. However, the Khar police on Tuesday collected the reference number of the dairy entry and visited JJ hospital and asked them to hand over the forensic reports of the bones that the Raigad police had sent them. “We will now carry out a DNA test of Indrani, her parents and Michail to establish that the body was of indeed that of Sheena and this will be an important piece of evidence,“ said an official from Khar police station.
When asked whether any departmental inquiry will be initiated against the concerned Raigad police officers for botching up the case, Raigad SP , Suez Haque, said that Mumbai joint CP (law and order) Deven Bharti should be contacted regarding this.
Konkan IG Prashant Burde said, “I have not ordered any probe in the murder case of Sheena Bora as the Mumbai police is concerned with it. I have not yet received official papers pertaining to the case and hence cannot comment. But the Raigad police will assist the Mumbai police in their investigation as and when they seek help.“
Sameer Patil (32), sarpanch of Gagode village for the past seven years, said, “This is the first time that a woman's body was found in the ravines near our village. As an unbearable stench was emanating from the area, some locals informed the police after which they climbed down the ravine and found a burnt suitcase with a partially charred woman's body . The area was cordoned off by the police for two days and the villagers were prevented from entering the forest to cut firewood.“
TIMES VIEW:
This case is yet another example of really shoddy investigative job. Cops across police stations now seem less interested in investigation and more keen to just get cases off their back. Initial reports suggest Raigad cops have not followed even the most basic procedures. What perhaps is even more worrying is this would have gone entirely unnoticed had it not been such a high-profile case. Is this what cops do with every case that is not followed by an aggrieved citizen?
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