A bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra asked the CBI to proceed with the investigation of the scribe’s murder and directed the Bihar police to provide protection to his wife, Asha Ranjan, and her family.
The apex court directed the CBI to file a status report on October 17, the next date of hearing.
Asha had moved Supreme Court seeking transfer of probe and trial to Delhi alleging that media reports had shown two ‘absconding killers’ of her husband allegedly in the company of recently-released Shahabuddin and Tej Pratap Yadav.
She had also pleaded for a CBI investigation after the proclaimed offenders, Mohd Kaif and Mohd Javed, were allegedly spotted with Shahabuddin and the state health minister.