Govind Pansare murder case: Irked over slow probe, Bombay high court says Maharashtra a ‘laughing stock’
Govind Pansare.
The Bombay high court, on Thursday, came down heavily on the Maharashtra government in the slow progress of the probe in the sensational murder case of rationalist Govind Pansare. The court said the state has become a “laughing stock” by adopting elementary methods in the murder probe.
The bench comprising Justice SC Dharamadhikari and Justice BP Colabawalla summoned the Maharashtra home department’s additional chief secretary on March 28 and asked for the cause of the slow progress in the case.
The bench, after reading the progress report submitted by the Maharashtra CID’s special investigation team, got upset and said, “Let the State feel some pressure. It must face consequences someday. For most often, the police get away. No memos are issued, no explanations sought.”
The judges further observed, “If crimes will be probed only after the court’s intervention ... If judiciary is the only saviour in matter after matter, then it is a tragedy. What message are we sending to society?”
Govind Pansare, who was a rationalist and Communist Party of India senior member, was attacked along with his wife on February 16, 2015 by unknown gunmen. He died from his wounds four days later.
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