The Haryana government has transferred state DGP Yashpal Singhal, a day after the police department added gangrape charges to the Murthal FIR. Although the government has not given any reason for Singhal's transfer, the timing is curious.
Singhal will be replaced by KP Singh.
A government affidavit has mentioned two letters complaining of rape incidents during Jat Quota agitation in February. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had pulled up the state government for faulty investigations into the Murthal rape allegations.
The first letter, posted from Mathura Road, Faridabad, said the victim was returning home with her father from a college hostel on February 21 during the Jat stir when she was allegedly gangraped by rioters.
The second one, was a social media post by an Australia-based NRI or an Australian of Indian origin, which was forwarded to the police by a journalist. In the post, the woman describes what happened on that night in Murthal, when hundreds of rioters had blocked the national highway that links the national capital to Chandigarh and beyond.
Police are yet to verify the authenticity of the claims made but is in touch with the Foreigner Regional Registration Officer, Delhi, for details on arrivals from Australia during that period. They are also studying a video recording linked to Murthal riots.
Haryana Police, who were consistently denying media reports on rapes in Murthal during Jat riots, changed its stand following the two anonymous letters and filed an affidavit in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
DIG Rajshri who was heading the Murthal probe, had been denying the rapes, and she was replaced by another officer, Mamta Singh, this week.
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