The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday took over investigation into the death of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand, who died in the coal city on July 28 after being hit by an auto-rickshaw while he was on his morning walk.
The CBI has registered a case related to death of Uttam Anand ADJ Dhanbad on the request of Jharkhand Govt and further notification from center goverment.
The Jharkhand government on Saturday recommended handing over the probe into the death of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand, to the CBI.
“The death incident of judge Uttam Anand has been transferred to CBI for further probe. Chief Minister Hemant Soren has given his consent,” a statement from the chief minister’s office had said.
The Supreme Court on July 30 took suo motu cognisance of the alleged mowing down of Dhanbad additional district judge by an autorickshaw and sought status report of investigation from Jharkhand government through chief secretary and DGP within a week.
The Supreme Court in its order said that “Having regard to the seriousness of the issue and its larger ramifications, we direct the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, State of Jharkhand to jointly submit a status report of inquiry vis-a-vis the sad demise of the Judicial Officer Shri Uttam Anand, with the Registry of this Court within a week’s time,”
However, we make it very clear that we are not interfering in the proceedings going on before the High Court of Jharkhand, it added.
On 29 July, the Jharkhand High Court had ordered an SIT probe into the death of Uttam Anand. Taking cognizance of a letter filed before the court by the Dhanbad principal district judge in the case, Chief Justice Ravi Ranjan ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team, under the leadership of Additional Director General of Police Sanjay Latkar, to look into the matter.
Speaking to Media on 29 July Amol Vinukant Homkar, IG said that an FIR has been registered under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) (murder).”Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by City Superintendents of Police (SP) Dhanbad, has been formed. Crime Investigation Department (CID) and Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team have also been deputed to help them in the investigation. The probe is on under the supervision of Sr SP Dhanbad and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Bokaro,” he added.
“For further investigation, an SIT has been formed under the leadership of Additional Director General of Police (ADG) (Ops) Sanjay Anand Lathkar. Further investigation will be done carefully. Action will be taken as per the further facts that come up,” Homkar added.
“Based on facts that came up during investigation and CCTV footage, 2 people and auto involved in the crime were identified. Two people— Lakhan Kumar Verma and Rahul Verma, have been arrested and the auto has also been seized from their possession, he added.
According to the police, Judge Uttam Anand was taking a morning walk when a vehicle crushed him near the Magistrate Colony in Dhanbad. He was admitted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, said the police.As per the police, initially, the body could not be identified. However, later, Anand’s family approached the police following which the body was identified.