CBI gives presentation to PC on Pandya case

Sources said that during the presentation,which lasted for nearly half-an-hour,the CBI investigation team detailed the grounds for filing the SLP. The team,which was accompanied by a legal expert,is learnt to have submitted to the Home Minister a report about the entire case.

The Union Home Ministry is learnt to have referred the matter for legal opinion before going to the apex court.

Many in the probe agency were of the view that the petition should not be filed,but later senior officers decided to go ahead with the petition, said a CBI official.

Pandya was shot dead on the morning of March 26,2003 at close range in Law Garden area of Ahmedabad. Pandyas wife has sought a reinvestigation into the case.