NEW DELHI: While CBI has built its suicide theory in Badaun case primarily on the basis of forensic evidence, there are several glaring gaps in its claims that the girls planned their suicide out of shame.

The agency depended heavily on the statement of uncle of the girls Baburam alias Nazru who was the only witness who saw the elder girl with her alleged paramour Pappu Yadav. Nazru's conduct seems questionable as he first falsely misled the village to believe there were thieves in the area and then changed his tune saying he saw the girls being taken away by Pappu.

He also took the Rs 1 lakh from the parents of the girls which they received as compensation. The agency may also give details of his action along with fathers of the girls and their uncle in the closure report leaving it for the court to take a call on the issue.

CBI claims said that the two girls had died by hanging themselves around 2am on May 28 after eluding the family's frantic five hour search for them in the night.

The agency also admitted that it had no clue about what happened with the girls between 9.30pm to 2am as there are no witnesses or forensic evidence available about their location besides their phone which was switched on at 11.40pm for 12 seconds. The sources said the location of tower of their phone also showed that they were in the area.

Then, CBI could not exhume bodies of the victims for fresh autopsy which officials dismissed as "not a limiting factor" in the probe. Despite repeated requests, the medical board of three doctors from as many hospitals of the national capital reached the spot when the Ganga was overflowing engulfing the graves.

As a result, the agency had to depend on videography done during the first post-mortem done at Badaun the report of which was termed by CBI to be faulty.

The conclusions drawn by the medical board relied on examination of video footage of the post-mortem and photographs of the bodies taken while they were hanging.

The sources said the medical board opined that ligature mark was a sure sign of suicide but forensic experts disagree. A detailed microscopic examination of the wound becomes necessary in such cases.

CBI said the family hid the mobile phone of the girl from the agency and police and even destroyed it fearing social stigma once relations of the girl with Pappu became public.

But the conversation between younger girl and Pappu, recorded on other phone, were played by the family in front of several villagers while the search was on.

The conversation allegedly indicated relations between Pappu and the elder sister. Since these relations were now exposed, why would the family then fear any stigma? This key question remains unanswered.

Source: TOI