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Mumbai, Mar 24 : Observing there were inexplicable circumstances which created doubts about the manner of probe, Bombay High Court today transferred to CBI the investigations into alleged attack by Nitesh Rane, son of Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane, on an activist of an NGO.
Justices A M Khanwilkar and A R Joshi transferred the probe from crime branch to CBI on a petition filed by Chintu Shaikh, who had alleged that Nitesh, Chief of Swabhiman Sanghatana, had shot at him at the NGO office in Mumbai last September.
Shaikh, who was a member of the NGO then, had moved the High Court seeking CBI probe, saying that Narayan Rane, a Congress leader and a Cabinet minister, was interfering in the probe. State had later handed over the probe to the crime branch.
During the hearing, the High Court had directed the crime branch to submit video recording of the spot, panchnama and records of the case.
"There are inexplicable circumstances borne out from the record which create doubt about the manner in which the investigation has taken off soon after the incident, it has become necessary to provide credibility and instil confidence in the investigation of this case, which involves son of the sitting Cabinet Minister of the State and brother of a Member of Parliament," the judges noted in a 45-page order.
Shaikh filed a complaint with Powai police on September 23 last alleging that Nitesh, who was upset that day for some reason, had shot at him twice at NGO''s Khar office. Shaikh had alleged that a bullet grazed his cheek, causing an injury.
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