New Delhi: Senior advocate Dushyant Dave made a fervent plea in the Supreme Court on Friday for a probe by a special investigation team into the death of B.H. Loya, for CBI judicial officer under mysterious circumstances on December 1, 2014 in Nagpur.
Appearing for the Bombay High Courts Advocates’ Association, Mr Dave told a three-judge bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud that such an independent probe was necessary in view of bundle of contradictions in the report of the commissioner of intelligence, Maharashtra. He said the death of Loya was a serious matter and unless a thorough probe was conducted the entire truth would not come out.
He criticised the Maharasthra government for resisting and opposing SIT probe. He said none of the medical or hospital records are made available and judicial officers who were with Loya in the guesthouse had made contradictory statements about the manner and time of Loya’s death.
Mukul Rohatgi, counsel for Maharashtra, along with Harish Salve, told the bench that after the publication of various media reports, a discreet inquiry was instituted to examine the circumstances in which Loya had died in December 2014. Mr Rohatgi said according to the report, four judicial officers who accompanied Loya to the hospital after he complained of chest pain have denied any foul play.
