Jharkhand High Court reprimands CBI in Dhanbad judge death case

The Jharkhand High Court today expressed displeasure over the CBI investigation of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand's death. The High Court has expressed its strong displeasure after seeing the progress report of the investigation filed by the CBI. The court wanted to know why this investigation report was revolving only around the auto driver.

Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court today expressed displeasure over the CBI investigation of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand's death. The High Court has expressed its strong displeasure after seeing the progress report of the investigation filed by the CBI. The court wanted to know why this investigation report was revolving only around the auto driver after the CBI told the court that Dhanbad district judge Uttam Anand was deliberately hit by an autorickshaw while he was on a morning walk.

The judge questioned, "why would an auto driver kill a judge? After all, what can be the use of it, is there some big personality behind this auto driver. CBI should also proceed with the investigation on this point." The Court has fixed the next hearing of the case on September 30. Meanwhile, the CBI has been asked to investigate all angles and submit a progress report in the High Court.

The Jharkhand High Court bench comprising Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad heard the matter through video conferencing. The Zonal Director of CBI appeared in the court through video conferencing and presented the progress report of the investigation. After seeing the progress report of the CBI, the judges expressed a lot of dissatisfaction.

The court said that from the progress report, it appears that the CBI investigation is not progressing. So far, two people have been arrested but there seems to be no effort to resolve the issue as to why the auto driver would hit the judge. Expressing dismay at the CBI officer's reply, the court said that the matter should be investigated expeditiously and some results should come out.

Judge Uttam Anand was hit by a speeding auto-rickshaw in Dhanbad during his morning walk. The shocking CCTV footage had gone viral on social media. The Supreme Court had also taken cognizance and directed the Jharkhand High Court to monitor the investigation of the case. CBI is currently investigating this matter.