Wednesday, 18 August 2021 | PNS | Nainital
Hearing on a petition regarding the DNA test of Dwarahat MLA Mahesh Negi accused of sexual exploitation, the Uttarakhand high court has directed the state government to submit the investigation report along with an affidavit by October 5. This instruction was issued by the single bench of justice RC Khulbe.
During the hearing on Tuesday the counsel for the prosecution said that the DNA report had not been presented yet. It was also stated on behalf of the alleged victim that the DNA test of the accused should be conducted as he was the father of her child. It was further stated that it had been ascertained in investigation that Negi had accompanied the alleged victim in many locations. The stay order issued in the past should also be quashed, the counsel stated.
According to the case details, the alleged victim had submitted an application with the police in Dehradun during September 2020 alleging that the MLA had sexually exploited her and that the MLA and his wife were issuing death threats to her. The petitioner has also stated that two of the investigation officers in the case have been transferred by the government so far as the MLA is from the ruling party, considering which the investigation should be conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The alleged victim has further averred that the Dehradun police are conducting the investigation in a biased manner whereas she has evidence of the various alleged misdeeds of the MLA.
