CBI forms new team to solve judge Uttam Anand murder case

Justice Uttam Anand

In a key development in the murder case of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has changed the whole team that was probing the matter. The Jharkhand High Court had already expressed unhappiness over the probe and had rapped the federal probe agency for coming out with a cell phone robbery angle in the case. SP Vishal Kumar of Special Crime Unit 2 of the CBI will now head the probe team. He will replace ASP Vijay Shukla who was leading the probe till now. The team was changed on January 22.

The new team of the CBI officials on Wednesday visited the crime scene and inspected the whole spot for the first time. The previous team had already visited the site thrice. The team of federal probe agency reached Randhir Verma Chowk of Dhanbad around 1.20 pm on January 26 and spent almost 15 minutes at the crime scene.

A double bench of Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court which is currently hearing the matter had said on the last hearing why there was need of two time brain mapping of the accused. The bench in a harsh reply had even noted that "it seems that the CBI is trying to protect the accused". In the coming days, the new team can once again visit the crime scene. It will also question Rahul Verma and Lakhan Verma, the two accused in the case. They have got court permission to question the accused between January 29 and 31. Uttam Anand, the judge of Dhanbad court, was murdered on July 28 last year.

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