The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a closure report filed by Rajasthan Police and ordered a fresh investigation into the mysterious death of a third-year student of the National Law University, Jodhpur, in August 2017.
A bench of justices R F Nariman, Navin Sinha and Indira Banerjee said, “We have set aside the closure report. We have directed a de-novo investigation with certain more directions”.
On September 8, the top court had said there is a need for a re-investigation in the case. “We may direct re-investigation. This is not the way,” the top court had observed after perusing the report filed by the Rajasthan Police in the matter. In July, the top court had said that the investigation in the matter should be completed within two months and a final report be filed before it. While claiming that an FIR was lodged in the case after a delay of around 10 months in June 2018, the petitioner has alleged that the manner in which the probe was conducted “leads to an inescapable reasonable apprehension” that it is a result of a “probable collusion to shield some high, mighty and influential person(s)”.
