Asha Rani demands CBI probe in Vasundhra Bundela murder case

BJP legislator Asha Rani Singh has demanded a CBI probe into the Vasundhra Bundela case, after her husband and former MLA Bhaiyya Raja was arrested in connection with the girl's murder.

In a letter to Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Asha Rani demanded an enquiry by the Central investigating agency claiming that her husband was innocent and had been framed by the Bhopal police in the murder case.

"And as far as his criminal antecedents were concerned, he (Ashok Vir Vikram Singh alias Bhaiyya Raja) had been acquitted in the cases registered against him," she said. The MLA from Bijawar urged the Chouhan to recommend a CBI enquiry so that the investigation was not affected by the local Chhatarpur police.

Later in a statement, Asha said that she would accept the court verdict in the case if it was investigated by CBI. Singh was arrested on December 20 here and Asha Rani claimed that police had forcibly seized vehicle and arms from her husband to implicate him even though he was in the hospital in MP Nagar area of the city at that time.
   
Singh's grand kin Vasundhara Bundela's bullet-riddled body was found lying under mysterious circumstances on December 11 in the limits of Misrod police station area near Bhopal. Vasundhra was the daughter of Bhaiyya Raja's nephew Mrigendra Singh and she was pursuing a course in fashion designing in the city.

Asha had also written a similar letter to the state home minister, Umashankar Gupta seeking a fair probe into the case. More than six persons including Bhaiyya Raja have been arrested in connection with the murder.