Body in Nitin Gadkari's car: HC tells CID to investigate

Mumbai: Dissatisfied with the police investigation into the death of Yogita Thakare, the seven-year-old daughter of BJP president Nitin Gadkari’s maid, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on 
Friday handed over the case to the state CID.

Vimal Thakare, the girl’s mother, had filed a petition more than three months ago seeking a CBI investigation. A bench of justice AP Lavande and justice Pradeep Varale, however, directed the state CID to investigate the matter.

Yogita’s body was found in the boot of Gadkari’s car parked at his Nagpur home in May 2009. Gadkari, who was the BJP’s state chief then, was not in the city when the body was found. Jayant Patil, the then home minister, gave a statement in the legislative assembly that Gadkari had nothing to do with the death.

The girl’s family, however, suspected foul play. Her mother moved the high court alleging loopholes in the police investigations. She wanted a CBI inquiry into her daughter’s death.