A small face-off between the CBI and Bengal police seems to be brewing over the MP murder investigation at a time confrontation between the two agencies over the Saradha chit fund probe has acquired mammoth political dimensions. The CBI’s anti-corruption bureau in Ranchi headquarters is investigating the Sunil Mahto murder. In January 2017, Rahul and his wife Anita had surrendered before Bengal police under that state’s Naxalite surrender policy. A senior CBI official said that they requested the Bengal police “multiple times” to allow Rahul’s interrogation, but were turned down. We can’t keep this case (MP Mahto’s murder) on hold indefinitely,” said the senior CBI official.

Source: The Telegraph February 07, 2019 18:45 UTC