NEW DELHI: The CPM on Thursday demanded a high level judicial probe into the death of former CBI judge HP Loya, who was hearing the case of the alleged fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh in Gujarat, in 2005, and in which BJP president Amit Shah was an accused.Former Rajya Sabha member and CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury , said, "In the matter of the death of CBI judge HP Loya, disturbing questions of murder, bribery, subversion of law and manipulation of institutions of our parliamentary democracy at the highest level have arisen, which must be seriously investigated. "Raising the demand after Judge Loya's family went public about the mysterious circumstances in which he died, the CPM said in a statement, "The family members of Justice Loya have alleged that attempts were made to bribe and intimidate him during the course of the trial. The CPI(M) demands that a high-level judicial enquiry be instituted immediately to look into this whole affair. "In a separate statement, the CPM also raised concerns over the government's increasing tendency to run what it alleged is an 'Ordinance raj'. The Marxit Communists alleged that the government was bypassing Parliament, setting an "anti-democratic" precedent.

Source: Times of India November 23, 2017 17:00 UTC