The CBI on Thursday informed the Jharkhand high court that Dhanbad additional district judge Uttam Anand was "intentionally” hit by the tempo that killed him.
Judge Anand was killed after he was hit by a tempo when he was out for his routine morning walk.
While submitting the weekly probe report into the case, the CBI told the court that the judge's death was not an accident and the agency was investigating all angles to unravel the conspiracy.
The bench observed that the case has shaken the morale of the judiciary. Time is the essence of this investigation, it said. The more time is spent, harder it will be to ascertain the truth, the bench stated.
The 49-year-old district judge was mowed down by a tempo on July 28. It was first believed to be a case of hit and run but video footage later showed that the tempo had intentionally hit the judge.
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Judge Anand was reportedly hearing a number of cases related to mafia killings and had denied bail to two gangsters.