The State Government has decided to hand over the probe into the Chandru murder case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said.
“The truth should come out in the Chandru murder case. In this background it has been decided to hand over the case to the CID after conferring with the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police and the Bengaluru Police Commissioner. Let there be an impartial investigation and let the truth come out,” the Chief Minister said, speaking to media persons on Sunday.
A row had erupted between the ruling party and the Opposition over the case after Home Minister Araga Jnanendra’s statement that Chandru was murdered for failing to speak in Urdu, while the police, quoting the video-recorded statement of the prime witness, stated that the murder was due to road rage. The Home Minister later retracted his statement.
