Harishankar had already forwarded a letter to President, Prime Minister, Chief Minister of Maharashtra and the Director General (Prisons) mentioning that false rape case has been filed against him. Shukla who is currently lodged in Thane Central Jail has gone on strike from Friday. Anjali said that her husband has been made a scapegoat in this case. Ever since Harishankar Shukla has been arrested, their family has been undergoing severe hardships. Many times Anjali had waited outside the Thane jail expecting that jail authorities will allow her to meet her husband, but every time they denied permission to her. Anjali also had filed an RTI and questioned why the Investigation Officer has failed to probe who is the biological father of the child.
Anjali Shukla said, “The victim’s boyfriend and cousin’s name too are filed in the chargesheet but their DNA test and narco test has not been conducted. Even though two months have passed ever since my husband’s DNA sample has been collected but we have not received the second DNA report from Hyderabad. The victim was two months pregnant and she had always given misleading statements.”
“We have been suffering since last one year and my second son has been denied admission in school. Students are taunting my elder son. This incident has maligned the reputation of my family and we are disturbed. Why have the police failed to take action against the victim’s boyfriend and her cousin,” she added.
Advocate Vinod Gagwal said, “Harishankar Shukla’s DNA test report has come negative. As per section 227 and 228 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, judge should give opportunity to the other side of the prosecution to present their case which they had failed to so which is unjustified. We are planning to file bail application.”
Anjali asked why the investigation officer has failed to probe into the victim’s cousin whose name was revealed by victim’s mother and victim during sonography. As per a September 10 DNA report, it clearly states that Shukla is excluded as the father of the victim’s baby.