Chandigarh, May 30: A petition seeking directions to hand over the investigation in the Maur Mandi blast case to the National Investigating Agency (NIA) or the CBI for a fair and speedy probe was filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday.
In his petition against the state, Bathinda SSP, Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and other respondents, Gurjeet Singh Patran of Patiala district and two other petitioners claimed that the investigation in the case had come to a standstill after news surfaced that the vehicle used in the blast was prepared in a workshop of the Dera Sacha Sauda at Sirsa and two close associates of Ram Rahim were involved. The case is currently being probed by a special investigation team of the Punjab Police.
The petitioner added that the SIT failed to interrogate Ram Rahim and another senior politician in connection with the case. The petition through counsel MS Joshi said the Maur bomb blast was a part of a deep-rooted conspiracy to get sympathy votes in the Assembly elections and to defame another political party.
