The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday took over the investigation into the dying of Dhanbad Additional Sessions Judge Uttam Anand within the alleged hit-and-run incident.
This comes a number of days after the Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren recommends CBI inquiry within the case and “assured that justice will be done”.
Judge Uttam Anand had gone for a morning stroll at Randhir Verma Chowk on Wednesday, July 28, when an auto-rickshaw got here from behind, which made a pointy flip to the left and hit him and drove him away. A passerby took Anand to the hospital however he later succumbed to his accidents.
Earlier this week, a senior police officer stated he had Detained 243 suspects and arrested 17 folks In reference to the case, and seized 250 auto-rickshaws. 53 resorts have been searched by raiding in numerous police station areas of the district. Among these arrested, Mr. The autorickshaw had 22-year-old Lakhan Verma and 21-year-old Rahul Verma who overturned and collided with the choose.
Umesh Manjhi, the officer-in-charge of Jharkhand’s Pathardih police station, has additionally been suspended for not registering the FIR on time.
Meanwhile, taking suo motu cognizance of alleged hit and run incidentA bench of Supreme Court Chief Justice NV Ramana and Justice Surya Kant had directed Jharkhand Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) to collectively submit a report inside per week on the standing of investigation into the incident.
The Jharkhand High Court has additionally constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the matter.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
