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High court asks CBI to complete Tanwar murder probe in four months

The Delhi high court today granted four months' time to the Central Bureau of Investigation to complete its probe in the sensational murder of Central Government Health Services doctor Surendra Tanwar, alleged to be a close friend of former Congress president Sitaram Kesri.

A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal and Justice K S Gupta perused the CBI's third status report, submitted before it in a sealed cover, before accepting the prayer of the CBI for extending the timeframe for completion of the probe into the matter.

The bench did not make any comment regarding the content of the status report, filed by CBI special counsel A K Dutta. A note from Superintendent of Police (CBI) V B Singh was also attached to the report.

The CBI has been probing the matter after the case was transferred to it from the crime branch of the Delhi police in May this year. The step to transfer the case was taken as the special investigation team of the crime branch, after thoroughly pursuing all possible leads, was not able to achieve any breakthrough.

The court was hearing a public interest petition filed by the All India Young Lawyers Association through its counsel Kamini Jaiswal and S N Pandey alleging that police were deliberately going slow in the probe to shield ''certain people'' alleged to be involved in the murder of Dr Tanwar, who was working with the CGHS.

Dr Tanwar, who was working at the CGHS dispensary in Pandara road, disappeared in mysterious circumstances on October 28, 1993, and his severed body was later found in pieces at several places.

UNI

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