In Shimla gang-rape case, the CBI took big action on Tuesday and arrested 8 policemen, including IG and Deputy SP. Following the death of the accused in the police custody, the CBI has taken this step.

They were questioned in the wake of the role of IG Zahoor H Jaisi and the role of other officers in the death of the accused. On July 22, the CBI filed two FIRs in this case.

According to CBI sources, IG and deputy SP Manoj Joshi and other police officers have been arrested on the basis of suspicion.

It will also be known in the investigation that whether it was involved in death in custody or not. On July 4, a 10th class girl was given lift by the accused in Kotkhai, 56 km from Shimla. After that, after taking her to a nearby forest, raped her and then murdered her.

The body was recovered after two days. Many traces of injury to the girl's body were also found. The police filed an FIR on the complaint of the girl's father.

After this rape and murder, there was a strong protest against the police administration in Shimla and the police was accused of saving the boys of the big houses involved in this scandal.

Later, the Himachal Pradesh High Court asked the CBI to investigate the deaths in gangrape and custardy.

The police arrested Ashish Chauhan, Subhash Bisht, Deepak Kumar, Suraj Singh and Lokjan along with the main accused Rajinder Singh in this case.

Rajinder had killed one of his co-accused in police custody on July 19.

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