Judge Loya's death: Cong threatens nationwide campaign to demand probe

The Congress party on Wednesday demanded the Supreme Court (SC) order an “independent” investigation into the “mystery” around the death in 2014 of judge B H Loya, retired district judge Prakash Thombre and Nagpur-based lawyer Shrikant Khandalkar.

The party said it was adding its voice to that of the four SC judges who’d also referred to the case in their conference on January 12, and had said democracy was in peril.

Congress leader Kapil Sibal said the SC or the Bombay High Court should constitute an independent special investigation team (SIT) to probe Loya’s death, and those of two others to whom