Ahmedabad:
Both the Gujarat government and the CBI will appeal against the acquittal of the 12 accused in the Haren Pandya murder case. They informed the High Court about their decision today.
Last month, a division bench of the Gujarat High Court acquitted 12 people accused of murdering senior BJP leader and former Home Minister, Haren Pandya. It also accused the CBI of mishandling the investigation.
"It is clear that the CBI had botched up. Their investigations left a lot to be desired," the court said. ''The Investigation Officer should be held responsible for lapses which have resulted in enormous wastage of public resource and money," the court said.
Pandya was shot five times in Ahmedabad in 2003 while he was in his car near the Law Garden. A total of 19 people were accused of plotting and conducting the assassination. Four of them were never traced.