Based on a newspaper report about the rape of the old woman, a division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice Ajay Manikrao Khanwilkar and Justice Sanjay Yadav yesterday issued 48-hour notices to the officials.
Accused Kukku (52) had raped the elderly woman living alone at a slum under Gorakhpur police station area on the night of November 30. Police had later arrested the accused.