A. P. Singh Date
– 30-01-2012
Director, CBI
Email – dcbi@cbi.gov.in
Dear A.P. Singh ji ,
It is
with deep anguish that I am compelled to write this letter to you.
On 14th
January 2011, I had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking high
level impartial enquiry into the alleged encounter killing of CPI (Maoist)
leader Cherukuri Raj Kumar alias Azad.
On 14th
May 2011, the Hon’ble Supreme Court had directed the CBI to submit the interim
report within 6 weeks and final report in three months. Disregarding the
seriousness of this high voltage encounter killing involving the Central Home
Ministry and Andhra Pradesh police and the whole peace process which got sadly
derailed, the CBI dragged its feet for months and months beyond the deadline. The
interim report which was submitted to the Supreme Court after 7 months admits
that CBI has not looked into the most basic Central Forensic Lab Report. If it
were not for the Supreme Court monitoring, the CBI would have compromised its
already bruised reputation of working under the influence of its political
bosses. Let us hope that the final report expected by March end will be free
and fair.
I am also
deeply concerned at the delay by the CBI in investigating the attacks on the
three villages of Tadmetla, Timapuram and Morpalli, and then on me and my
companions when we were trying to deliver relief in March 2011.
On 5
July 2011, the Supreme Court had ordered the CBI to file a preliminary report
in 6 weeks. But it was only in January 2012 that the CBI visited the villages
for the first time. As for the murderous attack on us, even now they have not
recorded the statements of those who were accompanying me, or the Salwa Judum
leaders and SPOs who were involved. There
was no problem of rains, access or security, in investigating this
incident. As in the case of Azad, this
delay and any leniency shown towards the police during investigation will give
the public an impression that the CBI is not serious about this case, and that
it is acting under the control of the Home Ministry.
From
news reports, it is evident that the CBI team was accompanied by some 300
security forces, including some of the SPOs who were named by the villagers of
being present during the arson, killings and rapes. There have also been news
reports of beating of one villager by the forces in Morpalli, even as the
investigation was proceeding. The CBI must hold the district police responsible
for vitiating the investigation.
I trust
that the CBI will act to retrieve its reputation and carry out an independent
and impartial investigation in both cases, to restore public faith in the rule
of law.
Swami Agnivesh
E-mail – agnivesh70@gmail.com
E-mail – agnivesh70@gmail.com
Cc:
Vineet K. Gupta, Special Director,
In-charge Bhopal Zone
Mr.
Hemant Priyadarshi, DIG, Bhopal Zone
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