HC orders CBI inquiry in businessman's murder

The Allahabad High Court today directed a CBI inquiryinto the murder of a businessman in the city in February last year.
A bench comprising justices SK Gupta and Rajiv Mishra passed the order on a petition filed by Vinod Kumar, father of deceased businessman Lalit Verma.
It was alleged that Lalit Verma along with his brother Vikram was going somewhere when they were shot at by assailants on February 3 last year. While Lalit died, his brother was seriously injured.
An FIR was lodged at police station in Civil Lines Allahabad against Puja Pal, former MLA of BSP, Mukesh Kesharwani, Rajesh Tripathi, Prithvi Pal and others.

It is alleged in the petition that during investigation the local police, in collusion with the named accused, gave a clean chit to them and falsely implicated Vikram in the murder case along with two others.
The petition alleged that the police were not investigating the case fairly and urged the court to order a CBI inquiry.
Accepting the plea, the court ordered the Uttar Pradesh police to hand over the investigation to the CBI.