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Sheena Bora murder case handed over to CBI
Mumbai, Sep 18
The Maharashtra government on
Friday decided to hand over the Sheena Bora murder case to the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in order to ensure a fair and impartial
probe.
The announcement was made by state Additional Chief Secretary (Home) K.P. Bakshi.
"For
the last few days, since the former Mumbai police commissioner (Rakesh
Maria) was replaced by Ahmad Javed, the media have sought to convey the
impression that efforts were on to deliberately try and dilly-dally and
interfere with the (murder) inquiry," Bakshi told media persons.
However,
when the transfers-cum-promotions took place, Bakshi said he had taken
great pains to clarify that there was no connection between the
administrative decisions and the particular case.
"I am compelled
to say that because of this impression being created by certain
sections of the media and based on the report of the DGP (director
general of police), we have decided to hand over the case to the CBI,"
Bakshi said.
The DGP gave a complete status report on the Sheena
murder case and he also commented on what should be done in future, he
added.
After lengthy discussions with Chief Minister Devendra
Fadnavis and other top police and civil officials, the government
decided that not a single state officer should be involved or connected
with the investigation.
"We want to give a clear message to the
people, and the government has no intention to interfere in the case and
we want a complete and impartial investigation. We have been in touch
with the centre and the CBI and completed all relevant formalities in
the matter," Bakshi explained.
However, he said it was upto the
central government to take a final call on whether to assign the case to
the CBI or not, depending on its workload. Mumbai, Sep 18
The Maharashtra government on
Friday decided to hand over the Sheena Bora murder case to the Central
Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The announcement was made by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) K.P. Bakshi.