Lawyer seeks fresh probe into Hemant Karkare's death

A Mumbai-based lawyer has filed an intervening application in the Bombay high court seeking fresh probe by 'central agencies' into the death of ATS chief Hemant Karkare in the 26/11 terror attacks.

The high court is already hearing a PIL filed by R Yadav and Jyoti Badekar which has sought investigation into the "conspiracy angle" of Karkare's death, as suggested by former IPS officer SM Mushrif in his book Who Killed Karkare.

The book contends that Karkare's death could be a result of a conspiracy of Hindu extremists.

In response to the PIL, the high court last week sought police's reply on some issues raised by Mushrif.

Besides the conspiracy theory in Mushrif's book, city-based lawyer Ansari, in the intervening plea, also relies on Congress leader Narayan Rane's statement in the aftermath of November 26 attack that he knew some "political leaders" who had provided help to the terrorists.

This too must be probed further, advocate Ansari said.

The high court had earlier disposed of another PIL which had sought probe into Rane's statement.

The present PIL, in which Ansari has sought to intervene, will come up for hearing next week.