The family of Dinesh Bhatt, accused in the murder case of 17-year-old Bhagarathi Bhatt of Chadepani in Baitadi-Dogadakedar Village Municipality-7, has claimed that he was innocent.
His family has claimed that he was a 16-year-old son who was made public as an accused by the police on March 19.
Deepak Raj, the father of charged person, said that his son was trapped by threatening him. According to him, the teenager was forced to confess after two men pressured his son to confess.
“I was threatened to kill your father and brother if I did not kill you,” he told a news conference in Mahendranagar on Sunday, quoting his son. I know the other one well, they are the technical staff of Dogadakedar village. ‘
According to Deepak Raj, his son had witnessed the incident on the way home from school on January 6. One of the two involved in the incident had put a knife to his throat and threatened not to divulge the matter. “Your father and brother have gone to the hospital. They have threatened to kill them if they say anything,” he said after returning to meet his son. “That’s why he says he has confessed to the crime.” His youngest son Vinod is mentally retarded. A few days before the incident, his right arm was also broken. Deepak Raj used to come to Dadeldhura regularly for his treatment.
Recently, Deepak Raj has left the village and moved to Mahendranagar with his family. Her son called her from the Juvenile Correctional Institution on Friday to talk to her. He met his son in Silgadhi on Saturday and returned to Mahendranagar on Sunday. “Now that you have left the village, he can’t do anything. He started crying with me saying that he was telling the truth,” said Deepak Raj. According to him, Dinesh had said that in front of the security personnel of the correctional facility.
Deepak Raj pleaded for justice saying that they were trying to trap the innocent by leaving the real culprit behind. Police had arrested the teenager on March 19 as the main accused in the incident. Far-Western State Police Chief DIG Uttamraj Subedi himself was deployed to investigate the incident. Subedi returned to Dhangadhi only after the accused was made public. The district court in Baitadi has sent the teen to a juvenile correctional center. He said that he left the village after seeing his friend going to school with his son.
Far-Western Police Chief DIG Subedi said that the investigation report with facts and evidence has been submitted to the District Public Prosecutor’s Office and the case has been filed in the court accordingly. According to the police, a statement was taken from the accused in the presence of his parents.
After the case was filed, the court also took a statement from her father during the detention debate. The court then remanded the accused in custody on the basis of the evidence obtained.
During the initial investigation, the police sent the vaginal swab extracted from Bhagarathi’s vagina and the accused’s semen to the lab for DNA testing. However, after the report was delayed, the police submitted the report to the public prosecutor’s office. Chargesheets other than DNA reports were filed in court. If necessary, the court may withdraw the report during the debate.
