Ex-Navy chief calls for independent inquiry in CBI judge BH Loya’s death
Former Navy chief Admiral (retd) L Ramdas has filed a plea in the Supreme Court seeking an independent inquiry by a panel of retired apex court judges and former police officers into the alleged mysterious death of special CBI judge B H Loya.
Loya, who was hearing the sensitive Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, had died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014, when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague’s daughter. Some members of Loya’s family had alleged foul play in his death.
BJP chief Amit Shah was one of the accused in the Sheikh encounter case in which he was later discharged.
The application, filed by Ramdas, has also sought a direction to the Centre to cooperate with the inquiry committee and provide the necessary documents.
He has sought an independent probe, saying the statements made by Loya’s family members “have led to allegations of foul play coming to the surface” regarding the events that had transpired on the night he died.
“It is therefore just and necessary that an independent probe be directed to be made,” the plea said.
It further said that “the silence of individuals who were present during the final hours of Loya’s life coupled …read more
