Who was Rupa Tirkey: The Jharkhand high court ordered a probe on September 1 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the death of the Sahibganj police officer. The court also directed to initiate a proceeding for contempt of court against advocate general Rajiv Ranjan and additional advocate general Sachin Kumar for a remark made during the case hearing.
Tirkey was found hanging at her official residence on May 3 this year. According to investigations by the state Police, sub-inspector Shiv Kumar Kanaujia allegedly harassed Tirkey, which led to the suicide. Kanaujia was subsequently booked in the case.
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Who Was Rupa Tirkey?
Tirkey was a 26-year-old officer in charge of the Sahibganj women’s police station. Reportedly, she was found dead on May 3. Her father alleged that she was murdered. A month after the death he filed a petition in the Bombay High Court for a CBI probe. He alleged his daughter was harassed by some colleagues.
Tirkey's father Devanand Oraon accused Assembly representative of chief minister Hemant Soren Pankaj Mishra, and another person Dahu Yadav.
Oraon alleged that her daughter investigated some cases against the wish of Mishra following which he murdered his daughter.
The case garnered massive attention following an outrage over her death by tribal rights groups and opposition BJP. As a result of the same, the Hemant Soren government set up a one-member judicial commission to probe the allegations. Tirkey’s father had challenged the government’s decision in the Court.
Oraon’s counsel Rajiv Kumar said, "Police started projecting it as a suicide from the very next day after her body was found in mysterious conditions."
The bench of justice Dwivedi also ordered to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against advocate general Rajiv Ranjan and advocate general Sachin Kumar for one of their remarks during the hearing in the case.
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