Authorities give clean chit to Wadala GRP Chembur violence case ANURAG KAMBLE anurag. kamble@ mid- day. com DAYS after the Wadala Government Railway Police ( GRP) and Nehru Nagar cops started a blame- game regarding their investigations in the Aarti Rithadiya missing case, the GRP authorities gave a clean chit to the Wadala section claiming that there was no negligence on their part.
Meanwhile, the city police ordered an inquiry to find out whether there was any lapse in the procedure followed by the Nehru Nagar cops.
Speaking to mid- day, DCP ( zone 6), Shashi Kumar Meena, said, u201c We ordered an inquiry on Wednesday. The report will clear queries about the investigation carried out by the Nehru Nagar police.u201d Meanwhile, a senior GRP officer said, u201c We have checked all the papers and the procedure followed by the Wadala GRP in the case. We havenu2019t found any lapse or negligence on their part. We donu2019t feel there is a need to carry out any inquiry.u201d Aarti had gone missing on March 30, 2019, and the same day the Wadala GRP had found her body on the tracks near Tilak Nagar railway station.
Even though the Wadala officers had uploaded Aartiu2019s details on the state police website and circulated her picture on their common WhatsApp group, the Nehru Nagar cops never saw it.
As Aarti remained untraceable, her father Pancharam Rithadiya committed suicide, sighting police inaction. Following his suicide, protesters clashed with policemen at his funeral in Chembur, in which seven cops were injured.
The probe of Aartiu2019s case was handed over to the Crime Branch unit 6 in December 2019.
During the investigation, the Crime Branch officers recovered Aartiu2019s body from the Sion Hospital morgue, 10 months after she went missing.
Say inquiry not necessary as no negligence has been found on their part u2018 We ordered an inquiry on Wednesday.
The report will clear queries about the investigation carried out by the Nehru Nagar policeu2019 Shashi Kumar Meena, DCP ( zone 6) mid- dayu2019s report on February 3; ( right) the last time Aarti was seen near her Chembur residence. FILE PIC
