Crime Branch to probe senior Tata staffer’s death

On Thursday,a delegation of Press Club members,including journalists Kumar Ketkar,Ayaz Memon and Charles Assisi met Home Minister R R Patil and submitted a letter about the incident.

“The Press Club in its letter to Mr R R Patil has demanded that the inquiry into Charu’s death should not be closed as a case of ‘accidental death’ but must be probed deeply as there was sufficient prima facie evidence that he had been threatened by various Tata Steel officials and had been kept under house arrest in the days prior to the incident. The delegation also demanded that the investigation be moved out from Vasai Police Station to a more competent agency like the DCB – CID or the State CID department,” said a release issued by the Press Club.

Patil subsequently spoke to Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy and instructed the Crime Branch to investigate the incident.

“I have asked the Crime Branch to probe the matter. The state Government has taken serious note of the incident,” said Patil. When contacted,Roy confirmed the development,saying,“We are conducting a parallel probe into the matter.”