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Why did CBI ignore vital leads?
Investigation into the sensational Haren Pandya murder case has been one of the shoddiest in investigative history.
But investigation into the sensational Haren Pandya murder case has been one of the shoddiest in investigative history.
The most startling fact in the case was that there was only a spot of blood in Pandya's car, on the seat next to the driver - a fact that the CBI did not bother questioning.
Usually, a cellphone is a vital clue in a crime scene, but Pandya's cellphone was conveniently ignored even after several people claimed to have called him that morning.
His wife, Jagruti Pandya, perhaps the last person to have seen him alive, was not cross-examined, neither was his father, Vitthal Pandya, whose home Pandya used for public meetings.
His personal assistant, Nilesh Bhatt,who said Pandya had met some strange people from Deesa the day before his death, was not questioned.
Jagruti, in fact says, "My husband's phone was under surveillance according to retired police officer R B Sreekumar, so shouldn't it be the state government which knows more about his killing?"
The CBI arrested some 20 persons, eight from Hyderabad including the alleged killer Asgar Ali. The only Ahmedabad-Hyderabad link here is Rasool Khan Parti, an accused already on the CBI radar for masterminding the killing of Congress MP Raoof Valiullah in 1992.
Also, the CBI did not send Pandya's car to the forensic lab, it was only examined by forensic experts. The motive for Pandya's murder has been linked to the communal angle and depend mostly on confessions extracted under Pota.
But none of the accused are riot victims and don't have the faintest link with Pandya. So much for a case supervised by the then CBI director P C Sharma.
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