HC hands over Muthoot murder case to CBI

The Kerala High court today directed the state police to hand over to CBI investigation in the murder of Muthoot business group scion Paul Muthoot George.
 
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Thothathil B Radhakrishnan also directed the CBI to complete the investigations in six months time.
 
The court's direction came on a petition filed by Muthoot business group Chairman M G George, seeking a CBI probe into his son Paul's murder in August last year.
 
The court directed the police to hand over all relevant documents regarding the case to CBI.
 
During the hearing, police had told the court that investigations were carried out meticulously based on "true facts" but the bench criticised the police probe on several occasions.
 
The state government had also informed the court that it was not "afraid" of a CBI probe, contending that a fair investigation has been conducted by the state police.
 
Pressing for the CBI probe, the Muthoot family had submitted in the court that police had not properly recorded their statements and had 'omitted relevant parts from their statements.'