Apex court issues notice to UP Govt in Hapur lynching case

NEW DELHI: A CBI officer probing the Aircel-maxis case allegedly involving former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti Chidambaram was on Monday given a two-year extension by the central government, according to an official order.

The central government has approved extension in deputation tenure of Vineet Vinayak and Bhanu Bhaskar, both work- ing as Joint Directors in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), it said.

Vinayak, a 1995-batch IPS officer of Sikkim cadre, will have extended tenure till September 9, 2020, the order issued by the Personnel Ministry said.

He is looking into the Aircel-maxis case and also the incharge of probe in the case of data breach by the Uk-based firm Cambridge Analytica (CA).

P Chidambaram and his son were named in the charge sheet filed by the CBI in the Aircelmaxis case on July 19.

The CBI is probing as to how P Chidambaram, who was the finance minister in 2006, granted a Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval to a foreign firm, when only the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) was empowered to do so. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Meerut inspector general of police (IGP) to investigate the alleged Hapur lynching case, in which one person was killed and another brutally assaulted by a mob on the pretext they were involved in cow-slaughter, and file a report within two weeks.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra also issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on the plea filed by Samiuddin, who was allegedly brutally assaulted by the mob in the incident, seeking an independent SIT probe into the incident and transfer of investigation and the subsequent trial outside the state.

A bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, directed the Superintendent of Police of Hapur district in Uttar Pradesh to consider the request of the sole surviving victim on being granted the protection.

“Issue notice. In the meantime, Inspector General of Meerut range shall conduct an inquiry and submit a report in regard to the incident within two weeks,” the court ordered.

The bench has now posted the matter for further hearing on August 28.