The state government on Tuesday informed the Bombay high court (HC) that it was not inclined to transfer the probe in the Maval firing case to the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) as suggested by the court.
The state government on Tuesday informed the Bombay high court (HC) that it was not inclined to transfer the probe in the Maval firing case to the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) as suggested by the court.
Public prosecutor Pandurang Pol informed the HC that they were opposing transfer of the investigation to the CID, since the government has already appointed a deputy superintendent (DySP) of another district to probe into the incident.
The DySP of Daund district SL Kengar has been appointed the investigation officer.
Three farmers were killed and scores injured after the police opened fire on farmers who were protesting against a water pipeline project for supplying water from the Pavna dam to the limits of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway on August 9.
An affidavit filed by Sudhakar Chavan, deputy secretary of the home department, states that 45 police officers and policemen from Pune rural division and 20 personnel of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) were also injured in the incident.
Another affidavit filed by Kengar states that he has already initiated investigation and recorded statements of 49 witnesses. Notices were issued to 20 other witnesses and also to a television channel asking it to submit video footage of the incident.
Kengar has further said in his affidavit that they are in process of recording statements of police officers, constables and SRPF personnel who were on bandobast on the date of incident.
“We are not going into the merit of the case. At this stage we are only concerned about whether to transfer the investigation to another agency or not,” said justice SA Bobade. The HC has kept the matter for hearing on December 22.
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