{"id":56311,"date":"2019-06-08T18:01:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T12:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56311"},"modified":"2019-06-08T18:01:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T12:31:24","slug":"gauhati-high-court-asks-cbi-to-probe-land-grab-charge-against-former-dgp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gauhati-high-court-asks-cbi-to-probe-land-grab-charge-against-former-dgp","title":{"rendered":"Gauhati High Court asks CBI to probe land grab charge against former DGP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauhati High Court has directed the CBI to probe an alleged case of land grabbing by former Director General of Police of Assam, Khagen Sarmah.<\/p>\n<p>Justice S K Medhi in an order on Thursday observed that the investigation into the matter was conducted in an &#8220;unfair, partial and unethical manner by the police&#8221; and as such the CBI is ordered to conduct the probe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-08T180046.789.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"56312\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gauhati-high-court-asks-cbi-to-probe-land-grab-charge-against-former-dgp\/download-2019-06-08t180046-789\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-08T180046.789.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download &amp;#8211; 2019-06-08T180046.789\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-08T180046.789.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56312\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-08T180046.789.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-08T180046.789.jpg?w=296&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-08T180046.789.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>The order was given on two writ petitions filed by family members of late Magni Devi Jain.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged in the petitions that a plot of land owned by Jain was sold in 2009 to Bandana Sarmah, wife of Khagen Sarma by fraudulent means by suspected land mafias.<\/p>\n<p>The petitions also claimed that pressure had been exerted by the police to vacate the property.<\/p>\n<p>The high court directed the government advocates to transfer all required documents and records to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) within 15-days.<\/p>\n<p>The court also directed the CBI to ensure proper investigation into the case as a senior police officer was involved and as such the police did not conduct &#8220;proper investigations&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauhati High Court has directed the CBI to probe an alleged case of land grabbing by former Director General of Police of Assam, Khagen Sarmah. 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