Cabbie's murderer arrested, yet no FIR lodged as cops engage in jurisdiction battle
Cabbie's murderer arrested, yet no FIR lodged as cops engage in jurisdiction battle
A murder was committed, the body was found, investigations were completed, the murderer was found. But an
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| A file picture of Rakesh and his wife. |
FIR is yet to be lodged.
Rakesh, 27, was a cabbie working with a call center in Gurgaon. On July 30, Rakesh and his friend Rahul planned to party and they went on to pick up his friends. But intriguingly Rakesh went missing along with the Tavera car he was driving.
On the morning of August 2, Rakesh's body was found at an isolated place in Kapashera in Delhi. A passerby informed the local police station but even after recovering the body the cops didn't lodge an FIR.
"The cops are just trying to pass the buck. The body was found in Delhi but since Rakesh and his friend went missing in Gurgaon the Delhi police is waiting for Gurgaon police to lodge a case. We are helpless," said Kamlesh, the wife of the deceased.u00a0u00a0
While the body is still in the possession of Delhi policy, the Gurgaon police have arrested the accused from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and like their national capital counterparts they are waiting for them to register a case.
"We did our best and detained the prime accused and recovered the stolen car. But the Delhi Police wants us to lodge an FIR in the case. The dead body was found in Delhi and though Rakesh went missing from Gurgaon it is only the Delhi police which should file a case," said a top Gurgaon police official, requesting anonymity.u00a0
When MiD DAY asked the Delhi police about the incident, they said the post mortem report is yet to come and an FIR could only be registered after that.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased are planning to move court.
"If the police will not file any FIR, we will move the court to fight for justice for Rakesh," said K C Jha, a local journalist and a family friend of the deceased.
