The Supreme Court on Wednesday constituted a fresh Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a retired High Court Judge to further investigate 186 anti-Sikh riot cases closed by an earlier SIT. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud ordered the constitution of the[Read More…]
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Gauri Lankesh murder: SIT releases suspects’ sketch; says ‘not biased’
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) released the sketches of suspects who may have killed journalist and activist, Gauri Lankesh. “Based on the information, we made sketches. We want people to cooperate and hence we are releasing the sketches,” SIT Chief, BK Singh said. There was no bias in the probe[Read More…]
SC wants status report on anti-Sikh riot’s SIT probe
The Supreme Court on Monday sought after a detailed status report on the probe into the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), set up in 2014. A bench including Justice Dipak Misra and Justice R. Banumathi demanded the report after a petitioner S. Gurlad[Read More…]
Sanatan Sanstha’s Akolkar, Gaikwad shot Govind Pansare: SIT chargesheet
The prime witness in the murder of Govind Pansare, Sanjay Sandvilkar, and three other witnesses have reportedly told investigators that key accused Dr Virendra Tawde had approached Sandvilkar, a former ‘sadhak’ with Sanatan Sanstha, telling him to make weapons at his metal manufacturing unit in Kolhapur and even provide accommodation[Read More…]