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PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
PATNA, NOV 12: The Patna High Court today expressed strong displeasure over the alleged tardy pace of investigation by the CBI into the multi-crore bitumen scam and observed that evidences may be destroyed if the probe continued ``in such a fashion''.
A division bench of Justice S N Jha and Justice S J Mukhopadhyay made the observation while reviewing the progress of the investigation into the bitumen scam cases.
The judges said, ``Even during the recent raids at the residence of a few bitumen accused, reports came in a section of the press that the agency sleuths recovered half-burnt documents from the residence of one of them.''
The inquiry into the bitumen cases was handed over to the investigating agency over two and a half years ago and the investigation is still on.
The CBI joint director U N Biswas, who is in charge of the probe, informed the court that steps had already been taken to speed up the investigation.
Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
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