The chargesheet in the Geetanjali 'murder' case before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court claimed that Ravneet Garg, a judge arrested in connection with the death of his wife Geetanjali in 2013, had demanded and received a huge dowry and continued to harass her for more.
Geetanjali, a 30-year-old resident of Sector 8, Panchkula, was shot dead at the Police Lines parade ground in Gurgaon on July 17, 2013.
The CBI has filed a chargesheet for dowry death, cruelty to woman and criminal conspiracy against Garg and his parents–retired sessions judge KK Garg(father) and Rachna Garg (mother), have also been named. Ravneet was also booked under the Arms Act. The parents have filed an anticipatory bail application and there is stay on their arrest at present.
The dowry asked by Ravneet included two cars — a Skoda Superb and a Skoda Laura — an Omaxe flat in Sonipat, 101 gold coins and Rs 51 lakh in cash.
The chargesheet stated, "Accused and his parents demanded huge dowry from Geetanjali's parents… who gave cash worth Rs 51 lakh, 101 gold coins, household items and a Skoda Laura car as dowry… During investigation, oral and documentary evidence has substantiated the allegations of further demand of dowry in the form of a Skoda Superb car worth Rs 21,63,000 from Geetanjali's parents at the time of marriage of Navdeep Garg, younger brother of accused Ravneet Garg, in 2008. To meet this demand, payment of Rs 21,63,000 was made by the parents from the account of their firm, M/s Aggarwal Refractory Pvt Ltd."
"The investigation also revealed that the accused pressurised Geetanjali to have a son and forced her to undergo a sex determination test due to which she was under constant mental stress," CBI said according to Hindustan Times. Geetanjali gave birth to two daughters: Aasma in 2008 and Aadiva in 2010.
Unanswered Questions
Although the forensic report stated that six bullets were fired from Ravneet's revolver which was recovered from the scene of the crime, the CBI only recovered five bullets fired from Ravneet's gun. In addition to it, they also recovered one bullet fired by a country made pistol. Where did the sixth bullet go and who fired from the country-made pistol?
Another mystery is a red duppatta that was on the woman's body which went missing when the body was sent for post-mortem. "All efforts were made to solve the mystery behind the missing dupatta but it could not be traced," said the CBI. The dupatta was visible in the photographs of the body as well.
