Court Orders CBI to Reinvestigate Nimgade Murder Case Amid Allegations of Incomplete Probe Nagpur: Nearly a decade after architect Eknath Nimgade was killed in a high-profile contract killing, his son Anupam has petitioned the Nagpur District and Sessions Court to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a renewed probe. The court has issued notice to the CBI and scheduled the matter for hearing on July 22. Anupam alleges that the agency’s previous investigation failed to uncover the broader conspiracy behind his father’s murder and was instead designed to secure closure. In the petition, Anupam claims the CBI’s closure report, which was earlier rejected, did not adequately address critical leads. He argues that the investigation remained "fundamentally defective, incomplete, and structurally designed to shield other conspirators." The application highlights that the current prosecution focuses solely on the alleged shooter and handler, with no meaningful inquiry into the financial trail, digital communications among conspirators, procurement of the murder weapon, or call detail records. These omissions, the plea states, have left the conspiracy angle incomplete and vulnerable during the trial. Anupam points to statements made by the former Nagpur police commissioner in 2021, who publicly disclosed that the murder was a contract killing involving a ₹5 crore deal and an advance payment of ₹1.2 crore. However, he alleges that the CBI’s closure report failed to explain why these leads did not result in a charge sheet.#cbi #nagpur_police_commissioner #anupam_nimgade #nimgade_murder_case #nagpur_district_sessions_court
