Justice Usha Mehra to head Probe Team for Delhi Gang Rape

Home Ministry has  ordered a special  commission to  enquire the  brutal gang rape of a  Medical Student on December 16 Night in a moving Bus in Munirka, Delhi. The Probe Team would be headed by  retired Delhi High Court judge Usha Mehra. The Victim has been shifted to Mt. Elizabeth Hospital Singapore for treatment.

Government has also ordered a probe into the circumstances in which the first statement was recorded following a complaint by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar denied charges that police had tried to influence the magistrate.

Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said the commission of enquiry would be headed by retired Delhi High Court judge Usha Mehra. She would submit her report in three months.

“The inquiry will reconstruct the whole incident, identify lapses on the part of police or any other authority and fix responsibility for such lapses and negligence,” he said.

“The steps are being taken with the serious intent to find a lasting solution to the problem (of rape) that plagues all metros and other towns of India… That it’s happening in Delhi is a matter of shame,” he said.

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