CBI will now investigate the simultaneous death of six people of Hazaribagh’s businessman family, the High Court ordered
Ranchi (IANS). CBI will now investigate the death of six members of a businessman family in Hazaribagh city of Jharkhand. The incident took place in 2018, which was investigated by the CID.
In the report given by the CID recently after completing its investigation, it has been described as a mass suicide. Questioning this investigation, Rajesh Maheshwari, a relative of the family, filed a petition in the Jharkhand High Court.
On Monday, Justice SK Dwivedi in the High Court, while hearing the petition, ordered the CBI to investigate the matter.
The dead bodies of six people of Maheshwari family were found in suspicious condition on July 14, 2018, in flat number 303 of the third floor of CDM Shubham Apartment, located near Khazanchi Talab, Hazaribagh.
The deceased included head of the family Mahavir Agarwal, wife Kiran Agarwal, their son Naresh Agarwal, daughter-in-law Preeti Agarwal, granddaughter Anvi alias Pari Agarwal and grandson Aman Agarwal.
Mahavir Agarwal’s body was found hanging from the bedroom fan. The dead body of wife Kiran Aggarwal was lying on the bed. The dead body of son Naresh Aggarwal was lying outside the apartment. His arms and legs were broken. The bodies of daughter-in-law Preeti Agarwal and grandson Aman were found hanging, while the body of granddaughter Anvi was lying on the sofa in the house.
Even after a long investigation, the police could not solve the mystery of the incident. After this the investigation was handed over to CID. After four-and-a-half years, the CID had concluded that all the members of the house had committed suicide.
