Death of college girl: Modasa court orders release of two accused

Palanpur: Two of the three accused arrested in connection with death of a 19-year-old girl in Modasa village in January, were release by a local court in Arvalli district on Wednesday.
District and session judge A K Rao released Darshan Bharwad and Jigar Parmar, after the cops investigating the case, filed a report saying that they could not find evidence establishing involvement of the duo in death of the M Com student.The girl’s body was found hanging by the tree in Sayra village of Modasa in January.
However, one accused Bimal Bharwad remains in jail as he has been charged under section 306, 201and 504 of IPC besides Atrocity Act, said additional public prosecutor DS Patel.
Death of the girl had triggered lage-scale protest by the people in Modasa, alleging that she was murdered and raped. However, postmortem report had concluded that the girl had committed suicide.