Paving the way for a CBI probe into an alleged fake encounter between Maoists and security forces in 2015 in which 12 innocent people were killed in Jharkhand, the Supreme Court Friday dismissed the state's appeal against an investigation by the central agency.
The Jharkhand High Court had on October 22, 2018 ordered a CBI probe into the alleged fake encounter, observing that the shoddy police investigation in the case has been eroding the people's faith.
The probe was ordered by the high court on a plea by Jawahar Yadav, father of para teacher Uday Yadav who was among those killed in the 'fake encounter' at Bakoria in Satbarwa block of Palamu district on June 8, 2015.
While hearing the appeal filed by the Jharkhand government against the high court's order, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said, "We are not inclined to entertain this petition. Dismissed."
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