Summary:
Manjhpur, however, argued in the court that the case was registered in 2016, referring to the case registered by the Punjab Police. AdvertisingOn March 12, NIA registered a case to probe killing of Gagneja. In a written reply on Monday, NIA special public prosecuter H S Oberoi said the matter was under investigation and “….sooner the role of applicants is surfaced they may be required or not by the IO”. The NIA public prosecutor in written reply sought dismissal of Manjhpur’s application saying there was “no such provision in the Cr.P.C. In his application, Manjhpur said that the case was being investigated by CBI with an ASP-rank officer as investigating officer before a Ministry of Home Affairs order, dated March 8, 2019, directed to transfer the case to NIA, following which NIA registered a case on March 12, 2019..