SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Aug 7: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team on Saturday recreated the scene of the accident at Randhir Verma Chowk in which District and Sessions Judge Uttam Anand had been killed. It also got the digital mapping of the event.
The CBI officials on the third day of their investigation along with experts of Central Forensic Science Lab (CFSL) reached the accident spot in the afternoon and recreated the accident scene with the three-wheeler which was used in the crime in different angles.
The CBI is investigating the incident from August 4 after taking over the probe from the Special Investigating Team (SIT ) of Jharkhand police.
During four hours of stay on the accident spot, the CBI team got a driver and a person seated on the auto and recreated the scene of how the vehicle may have knocked the judge on the left side of the road. The CFSL team had also brought speed scanner machines and recorded what may have been the speed of the auto at the time of the accident and during escaping after committing the crime.
During the scene recreation on the spot, CFSL team members also collected blood-soaked clay of the spot where Uttam Anand had died in the road accident on July 28 early morning when he was on a morning walk.
This was the second time the accident scene was recreated. Earlier, the SIT of the state government under additional director general (ADG) of police Sanjay Anand Lathkar had done it in course of the investigation.
The CBI team got recreation of the crime scene on the spot with the auto used in the crime after taking both the accused of case Lakhan Verma ( driver) and Rahul Verma on a five-day remand in the day.
Though the CBI officials refused to share any information of investigation with media persons, a senior police official of the district who was assisting them said that recreation of the crime scene would help the agency understand how the incident may have taken place.
