Hc orders cbi probe in case of seer who went missing in 2017
Dehradun, Oct. 31 -- The Uttarakhand high court has transferred the investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Mahant Mohandas, the pontiff of Shri Panchayati Akhara Bada Udasin and national spokesperson of the Akhara Parishad, to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - eight years after he went missing, while travelling from Haridwar to Mumbai.
Justice Pankaj Purohit delivered the order on Wednesday while hearing a criminal writ petition filed by Mahant Sukhdev Muni, member of Akhara Parishad, who had sought a CBI probe into the case, citing the prolonged failure of the state police to trace the missing spiritual leader.
Gopal K Verma, the petitioner's counsel, said that Mahant Mohandas went missing on September 16, 2017, while...
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