CBI Pulled Up Again For Slow Progress In Jharkhand Judge Murder Probe

Seeking time to come out with "new facts", the CBI told the Jharkhand High Court that it has quizzed 200 people in the past couple of months to unearth the identity of the conspirators of the judge's murder.

Jharkhand High Court on Friday rebuked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yet again for the tardy progress in the probe into the murder of Dhanbad judge, Uttam Anand and directed it to file an affidavit on the new developments in investigation.

Seeking time to come out with "new facts", the CBI told a division bench of the High Court that it has quizzed 200 people in the past couple of months to unearth the identity of the conspirators responsible for the killing of the judge.

Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad posted the matter for hearing again on January 14 and directed CBI to furnish the affidavit on the new developments as mentioned by it.

Uttam Anand, an additional district judge ranking judicial officer was run over by a auto rickshaw on July 28, 2021 in the early morning hours when he was out for his morning walk.