Death of Dhanbad judge in ‘hit-and-run’ incident: CBI takes over probe

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday took over the investigation into the death of Dhanbad Additional Sessions Judge Uttam Anand in an alleged hit-and-run incident.

This comes days after Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren recommended a CBI probe into the matter and “assured that justice would prevail”.

Judge Uttam Anand had gone for a morning walk at Randhir Verma Chowk on Wednesday, July 28, when an auto-rickshaw came from behind, swerved sharply to the left and drove away after hitting him.

A passerby took Anand to a hospital but he succumbed to his injuries later.