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Conspiracy whiff in VG Patil case

The Bombay High Court had found ample evidence of political conspiracy behind the murder of VG Patil, former Jalgoan district Congress president. But the CBI did not find any such evidence in three months of investigations.

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NEW DELHI: The Bombay High Court had found ample evidence of political conspiracy behind the murder of VG Patil, former Jalgoan district Congress president. But the CBI did not find any such evidence in three months of investigations.

Before transferring the case to the Central Bureau Investigation (CBI), the High Court had said: “We found that the case has reference to alleged conspiracy by influential political leaders of the region. This is a fit case where investigations should be conducted by the CBI.”

A few days ago, Rajani Patil, wife of VG Patil had alleged that GN Patil, brother of presidential candidate Pratibha Patil, was the main conspirator. She had also alleged that Pratibha Patil was trying to influence investigators.

While announcing the judgement, the court had also observed that the CBI did not found the case fit to be investigated by the agency.

However, three months down the line after the CBI started investigations on March 17 this year, the investigators have so far found no political link in the murder of Patil. “We have not found evidence of any political link in the murder. We have not sent notices to any politicians or office bearers of Jalgaon Congress,” said Arun Kumar, joint director CBI (Special Crime).

“There is no mention of GN Patil in the murder incident and so far we have not found any evidence about it. The agency is not under any pressure from anyone,” said the officer.

The officer further added that G.N. Patil's name was not even mentioned in the police case that was transferred to the investigating agency. Senior officials investigating the case also informed a CBI team had also visited the place of murder and tried to reconstruct the sequence of events that led to the murder.

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