Railway cops in Delhi to probe acid attack

MUMBAI: A railway crime branch team has reached Delhi to make inquiries in the PreetiRathiacid attack case even as the process of the CBI taking over the probe is in its final stages. The involvement of a close relative is being suspected, a source said.
Rathi, a native of Narela in New Delhi, was attacked on May 2 after she alighted from Garib Rath at Bandra Terminus with her father, aunt and uncle.She was to join the Army Medical College as a nurse.
The GRP arrested a family friend, Pawankumar Gehlaun, but weren't able to gather much evidence against him. A month later, Rathi died at Bombay Hospital.
"The state home minister has asked us and city crime branch to continue probing the matter," said D D Wadmare, senior inspector of the railway crime branch.
The railway police team sent to Delhi has been given a list of questions and possibilities that were not explored during it's previous visit to the capital soon after the crime. "Preeti was staying in a hostel while pursuing a nursing course. She and her friends had gone for a picnic. We will make inquiries at her college and hostel, besides her friends," said an officer.
According to the police, Preeti's father , Amarsingh, was part of an employees' union at a company where he worked. "We will speak to his colleagues to rule out the possibility of an union-related dispute," the officer said. The cops are also looking at the mistaken identity angle. "There were two other women on the train dressed similarly as Preeti and around the same age. We have asked the railways to provide their contact details," the officer said.
"The accused may have boarded the Jammu Tawi Express that was scheduled to depart from an adjacent platform. Procuring sulphuric acid, used in the attack, isn't easy. The accused must have had access to a hospital or a laboratory," an officer said.