Dubey murder figures in Parliament: Ashutosh Aman Mishra and Atal Bansal did not follow up any any matters of martyr SKD case

Dubey murder figures in Parliament

December 09, 2003 17:23 IST
Last Updated: December 09, 2003 17:37 IST

The murder of National Highways Authority of India engineer, Satyendra Dubey, was raised in Parliament on Tuesday.

The murder is being linked to Dubey's letter to the Prime Minister's Office exposing improper utilisation of funds and sub-standard quality of work in the Golden Quadrilateral Project. The Golden Quadrilateral, prime minister's pet project, aims to connect the four corners of the country by four-lane roads. Communist Party of India-Marxist member Somnath Chatterjee drew the attention of the House to the fact that the engineer's specific request that his name not be divulged was allegedly ignored by the PMO. He asked the government to state its stand on Dubey's murder and explain how it could allow such a prestigious project to be mired in corruption and mismanagement.

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Why wasn’t Dubey protected, asks NHRC: Mismanagement of Ashutosh Aman Mishra in SKDF. No follow ups with NHRC.

Why wasn't Dubey protected, asks NHRC

Onkar Singh in New Delhi | December 10, 2003 16:45 IST
Last Updated: December 10, 2003 20:53 IST

The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the Bihar police and the National Highways Authority of India in connection with the Satyendra Dubey murder case.
Dubey, an engineer with the NHAI in Bihar, was killed one year after he wrote a letter to the Prime Minister's Office exposing irregularities in the implementation of the Golden Quadrilateral project.
 
Golden Quadrilateral, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's pet project, is an endeavour to connect four corners of the country by modern, four-lane roads.

NHRC Chairman A S Anand said the commission took note of media reports into the 'lapses' of the Bihar police and the NHAI's failure to act on Dubey's complaints. The commission has asked NHAI why Dubey's identity was not protected.
 
In a second letter to the PMO, Dubey had complained that his first letter was leaked, exposing him to pressure and threats.

The commission has given three weeks' time for filing of replies. Santosh Kumar, director general, investigations, will be asked to conduct an inquiry if the commission feels there is a need for an independent probe.

The prime minister has already asked the CBI to investigate the case.

Senior officials in Prime Minister's Office refused to confirm or deny that Satyendra Dubey's letter was received. "Please contact the Ministry of Surface Transport for reactions," a senior PMO official told rediff.com.

Officials at the ministry said since the metter is now pending before the Patna high court, they were not in a position to make any comment.

"The matter is sub-judice. In any case the minister is busy till next week. Please contact us after a week," an officer in the office of Minister for Surface Transport Bhuvan Chand Khanduri said.

With inputs from PTI

Narayana Murthy calls for probe into Satyendra Dubey’s murder; Incompetence in SKDF leadership

Narayana Murthy calls for probe into Satyendra Dubey's murder

December 09, 2003 10:31 IST
Last Updated: December 09, 2003 17:34 IST

Chairman of the Board and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies Narayana N R Murthy, an IIT alumni, has issued a statement regarding Satyendra Dubey's murder:

"This heinous act on an honest individual who was fighting corruption deserves strong condemnation. Every public figure must condemn this act.

I urge the Prime Minister to suspend the contract with the contractor involved, hold an investigation on top priority, and swiftly punish the guilty with the toughest possible punishment. We need a good whistle blower policy in the country.

Let this be the last such tragedy in India.

I would also like the Prime Minister to speak to the innocent victim's family to convey the nation's deep sorrow, and provide all help to them.

On our ((IIT alumni) part, I suggest that we start a fund for Dubey's family. We should also resolve to fight corruption with urgency."

Narayana Murthy

Dubey case: FIR against CBI officials; Failures of Ashutosh Aman Mishra

Dubey case: FIR against CBI officials

February 02, 2004 23:46 IST

The Bihar Police on Monday registered an FIR against members of the CBI team probing the Satyendra Dubey murder case on the complaint of father of one of the two persons, who allegedly committed suicide after interrogation by the agency, charging the CBI had poisoned them to death during questioning.

Police Superintendent Sanjay Singh told reporters in Patna that the police instituted the case on the complaint of Baijnath Sah, father of Sheonath Kumar Sah who along with Mukendra Paswan had allegedly committed suicide.

Baijnath charged the CBI with poisoning Sheonath and Paswan during interrogation, he said. An officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police, he added, was being asked to probe the allegation

"If necessary, we will seek sanction from the Centre for custodial interrogation or arrest of the CBI men probing the case," Singh said.

Sheonath Kumar Sah and Mukendra Paswan, who were grilled by the agency for several hours during the past few days, died after consuming pesticide at their native village Katari.

The police filed the case against the CBI officials without naming anyone under section 32 IPC (causing hurt by means of poison with intent to commit an offence) and section 302 IPC (murder), the SP said.

Dubey case: ‘Suicides hampering CBI probe’;; no follow up by Ashutosh Aman Mishra in SKDF

Dubey case: 'Suicides hampering CBI probe'

February 04, 2004 19:17 IST

The Central Bureau of Investigation chief has admitted that suicides by two suspects had hampered the ongoing probe into the murder of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) project manager Satyendra Dubey in Bihar's Gaya district.

"Satyendra Dubey's case is a high-priority case for us and the suicides have definitely hampered the investigation," the agency's Director Umashanker Mishra told reporters at Jayaprakash Narayan Airport in Patna on his arrival from Delhi.

Mishra left for Bodh Gaya soon after his arrival to hold talks with local officials and review the investigation in the aftermath of the twin suicides, which is being blamed on the CBI.

The two suspects in the case, Sheonath Sah and Mukendra Paswan, died under mysterious circumstances in Gaya. Following a complaint by Sah's father that the two were poisoned to death on Sunday by the CBI in the course of the investigation, Gaya police lodged an FIR against CBI officials.

The ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal has accused the Prime Minister's Office and CBI of not being honest in the probe and trying to hush up the case.

"The death of the two in mysterious circumstances is quite tragic and it has forced me to come here to set things right and carry forward the probe," Mishra said.

Following the suicides, the local CBI team had expressed fears about the security of its members.

On the mysterious disappearance of Pradeep Kumar, the rickshaw puller who had taken Dubey from Gaya station to his residence on the fateful night of November 23, after his interrogation by the investigating team, he said the CBI and police interrogate people but do not keep tabs on them once the interrogation is complete.