Key Takeaways
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured Tripura CM Dr Manik Saha to expedite CBI investigation in pending cases, including journalist murders and chit fund cases.
- The CBI is investigating several cases in Tripura, including journalist murders, chit fund cases, and corruption cases of NIT Agartala.
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah will look into the matter and ask the CBI to expedite the probes.
Agartala: Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha that CBI investigation of all the sensational cases including the murder of two journalists in 2017 and multi-crore chit fund cases of the state would be expedited in a time-bound manner.
Dr. Saha, who has been visiting Delhi for the last few days, said on Monday that he met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss the pending CBI investigation. 40 cases have been pending for years, causing confusion among the victims.
The Chief Minister requested Shah to ask the investigation agency to expedite the probe and bring the cases to a legal or logical conclusion. The most prominent cases that were given special mention by the Chief Minister were related to the murders of two journalists – Sudip Datta Bhowmik and Santanu Bhowmik, Bardhaman Pharma cases, corruption cases of NIT Agartala, and cheating cases against Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC).
“Virtual stoppage of the investigations by CBI not only deprived the families of getting justice, but also cast a sense of ‘let down’,” Dr. Saha pointed out.
The union home minister said that he was well aware of some of the cases and that he would look into the matter as requested and ask the CBI to expedite the probes.
