Inquiry into allegations that theDelhi gang-rape incident had occurred due to "corrupt"activities in the state transport department, which allowedthe bus to ply illegally, is pending for want of informationfrom the department, Delhi Police today told a court here.
Appearing before Special Judge Narottam Kaushal, ACP CrimeBranch Suresh Kaushik said, "The enquiry into the matter ispending for want of information from Transport Department.
"Reply is still awaited in response to the notice issuedto officials of the Transport Department for providing namesand details of officials posted at the relevant time (when thebus in which gang-rape was committed was given licenceillegally)," he told the court.
The official also submitted that the concerned officialsshall be interrogated for ascertaining their roles in issuanceof driving licence to Dinesh Yadav, the owner of the bus whohas already been arrested, and registration of buses in hisname.
The court granted time till May 18 to file a report on itsenquiry while expressing disappointment for such delay.
The case pertains to a complaint filed by RTI activistVivek Garg seeking directions to the Crime Branch of the DelhiPolice to register an FIR against the Transport Minister, theTransport Commissioner and others for allegedly committingoffences of corruption, cheating, criminal breach of trust andcriminal conspiracy.
Garg's counsel Ajay Goel accused them of unlawfullyallowing the bus, in which the 23-year-old paramedical studentwas gang-raped and tortured on December 16, to run withoutpermit and of issuing a false fitness certificate and drivinglicence on fake documents.