IE Highlights

Search
Indian Express
Web
Advanced Search
Search Archives

Advertisments

Matrimonials Register FREE on Naukri.com. castrol EURO 2008 airtel call home@6/min Tata AIG's Maharaksha Book International flights & get 10000 Money Back No minimum balance NRI account

Send Flowers

Live Cricket

National Network

Contractor mafia not involved in Dubey’s murder: CBI report

Express News Service

Posted online: Saturday, August 12, 2006 at 0000 hrs Print Email


NEW DELHI, AUGUST 11: The CBI has reiterated before the Supreme Court that there is no invlovement of any contractor mafia in the murder of NHAI engineer Satyendra Kumar Dubey. Instead, investigations had established that Larsen and Toubro, which was the main contractor for the road works, had violated contract conditions in sub-letting the work, it said.

‘‘During the investigation of Satyendra Kumar Dubey’s murder case, involvement of any contractor/mafia was not found. Investigations named four accused — Mantu Kumar, Udai Kumar, Pinku Ravidas and Shravan Kumar, all residents of Katari village in Gaya, Bihar. They were arrested and the CBI also recovered Dubey’s personal belongings and the weapon used in the crime on the disclosure statements of the accused,’’ the status report filed by CBI in court said.

The report has been filed in response to a PIL seeking an independent Supreme Court-monitored probe into the murder.

‘‘Accused Shravan Kumar gave full and voluntary disclosure about the incident and he has been made an approver and given pardon by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya,’’ the report said.

The agency, however, claimed that it had found to be correct charges of sub-contracting as mentioned in the letter of Dubey to the PMO.

It said a case had been registered against S.K. Soni, former project director of NHAI, Koderma, and others on allegation of criminal misconduct for causing undue pecuniary advantage for the contractor, who sub-contracted the road construction work to unapproved and incompetent agencies against contract provisions.

Meanwhile, petitioner — Parivartan, an NGO — today opposed the report and said there was a total lack of progress in the probe and apparent lack of will to unearth the truth.

‘‘The CBI has deliberately let off the rickshaw-puller who was the sole independent eyewitness to the crime,’’ the NGO said in an affidavit. ‘‘CBI has concluded this was a robbery, when it has been clearly stated by the local police that robbery-related murders are almost nil in that region... The CBI has also ignored the statement by the SP that the evidences indicate very clearly that this was not a robbery,’’ it added.

Ads By Google

Post CommentView CommentsWrite to Editor

All Headlines All Front Page News
Your comment[s] on this article

   Unknown - balabo_yv

   Unknown - balabo_pq

   Unknown - balabo_js

   - Mary-qg

   - Mary-nc

Total comment[s]:1850 | Read comment[s]| Post your comment

Full Coverage

School PulseThe CM WritesTaking on NaxalsBenazir's AssassinationThird Eye

Most Read Articles

We have leaders who can handle the monsoon session better than the monsoon.BJP stirs the Amarnath pot as Azad is told to prove strength by next MondayPanel to govt: Hike salary cut-off for creamy layer to Rs 4.5 lakhIAF Su-30s to fly in US skies with Korean, French warjetsIAF Su-30s to fly in US skies with Korean, French warjets

Most Emailed Articles

Orissa attack shows a major upgrade in Naxalite firepowerAs oil prices surge, a village cycles and car-pools the way outIt’s out: US did advise Iraq on oil contractsCan they turn things around?Towards the end game