Published On : Thu, Jan 9th, 2020

Maha Govt to open Loya case probe based on ‘evidence’: NCPs Malik

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Mumbai: NCP spokesperson and state minister Nawab Malik spoke about the Loya death case which had reached the Supreme Court after a party meeting. The Maharashtra government would consider investigation into the alleged suspicious death of special CBI judge B H Loya in 2014 if it gets any complaint with substantial evidence, a minister said on Wednesday.

Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case of Gujarat, had died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on December 1, 2014, when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague’s daughter. NCP spokesperson and state minister Nawab Malik spoke about the Loya death case which had reached the Supreme Court after a party meeting.

Speaking to reporters after the NCP held a three- hour-long meeting of its ministers in the Shiv Sena-led government, Malik said, The government will consider reopening of judge B H Loya’s suspicious case if any complaint is received with substantial evidence.” The meeting was presided over by NCP chief Sharad Pawar.