PTI, PATNA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted a progress report on the Muzaffarpur shelter home sex scandal case to the Patna High Court today in a sealed cover.
CBI counsel Sanjay Kumar submitted the report on the status of the progress of the case and transfer of CBI’s SP-rank officer, who was part of the probe team in the case.
The investigating agency submitted the report before a bench comprising Chief Justice Mukesh R Shah and Justice Ravi Ranjan in compliance of its order passed on the previous hearing on two counts.
Kumar, along with deputy inspector general CBI, Patna, who was also present in the court, submitting the report said that it comprised two aspects — the progress report of the investigation and transfer of its SP J P Mishra.
The bench posted the hearing of the case for tomorrow.
On August 23, the bench had pulled up the CBI for its failure to submit a progress report in the investigation into the case.
The court asked the central probe agency to explain as to why Mishra, who was the investigating officer in the case, was transferred.
Mishra, was shifted from the Special Crime Branch and attached to the office of the DIG at Patna vide an order passed by the CBI headquarters on August 21.
