Uddhav allies want Loya probe opened

Shiv Kumar

Tribune News Service

Mumbai, December 3

The NCP and Congress, which are part of the government in Maharashtra, want CM Uddhav Thackeray to order a fresh probe into the death of special CBI judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya in 2014. The judge was hearing the Sohrabuddin encounter case involving Union Home Minister Amit Shah. He suddenly died of cardiac arrest while attending a wedding in Nagpur.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar was the first to indicate a probe into the death of judge Loya was on the cards. “If there is a demand (for a probe), then one should think about it — on what basis is the demand being made, what is the truth? All this should come out. If there is something, fresh investigations must be carried out...”,  Pawar said on Monday night.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh joined in the following day, demanding an inquiry into the death. Referring to allegations by the late judge’s sister that a bribe of Rs 100 crore was offered to him in connection with the Sohrabuddin case, Digvijaya said the charges needed to be investigated.

“This is a very serious charge by the sister of Justice Loya. Now that we have a 

non-BJP government, why can’t it set up an SIT that can investigate under the directions of an Independent Judicial Commission...,” he tweeted.