When a case is under investigation and the people are dissatisfied with the progress of the case, a political party or a group of people can approach the higher officials and demand a new investigation team.
The Congress on Wednesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the death of judge BH Loya.
The Congress said the SIT should not have officers from the CBI and the NIA and added that if there is no proper probe into the matter, the party will go to “each village of the country”.
Speaking to reporters in a meeting, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal alleged that “democracy is in danger” and judges, lawyers, and even media personnel were not safe these days. He also questioned why the Bombay High Court did not lodge an FIR following Loya’s death.
Former union ministers Salman Khurshid, Vivek Tankha and party in-charge of communication Randeep Singh Surjewala were also present at the press conference along with Sibal.
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The Congress also made a presentation leveling allegations. However, they failed to provide evidence to substantiate the allegations. Sibal was joined by lawyer and activist Satish Uke.
Special CBI judge Loya, who was handling the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, died of a heart attack in November 2014 in Nagpur. Later, political parties, including the Congress, alleged that he died in mysterious circumstances and demanded an investigation into it.
The documents relating to Loya’s post-mortem were also “manipulated”, Sibal claimed. “We can’t talk about how he (Loya) died… But the circumstances are telling some story,” he said.
“Our demand is that this matter must be referred to an independent SIT where there is no CBI officer, where there is no NIA officer. This independent SIT must be chosen, if this investigation is to go on,” Sibal said, adding allegations made by Loya’s sister must also be probed.
He further said that ahead of Loya`s death in Nagpur, his police security was withdrawn, there was no travel record of his visit and there was no entry of his name in the VIP guest house there.
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NO DOUBT IN DEATH SAYS, SON
On January 14, 2018, Anuj Loya, the son of the late CBI judge had said his family had no suspicions now regarding the death of his father.
”Our family is deeply pained with the chain of events in past few days. We have no suspicion over father’s death now. We had suspicion earlier but it is over now. Please don’t harass us anymore,” the teenager had said while addressing a press conference in the national capital.
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