CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

New Delhi: 14.6.2004

With the recovery of the murder weapon and the briefcase of Shri Satyendra Kumar Dubey, CBI has cracked the murder of the IIT engineer. CBI has also arrested five persons for their involvement in the murder of Shri Dubey. On the basis of the statements of these arrested persons, CBI recovered the briefcase from a well near the Gaya Railway Station. The briefcase contains some official papers/Polaroid ID Card No.28083 of National Highways Authority belonging to Shri Dubey, a mobile charger, a bunch of keys and some family photographs which are heavily damaged due to seepage into the broken briefcase. CBI has recovered the country made gun used for the murder and two live cartridges from the concealed place.

CBI CRACKS THE SATYENDRA DUBEY MURDER CASE

Shri Satyendra Kumar Dubey, an Engineer on deputation to National Highways Authority was shot by some undidentified assailants in the early hours of 27th November,2003 while he was returning to his residence at Gaya from the Railway station on a rickshaw. The case was taken up by CBI for investigation on the request of the Govt. of Bihar.

CBI had arrested four persons, Uday Mallah, Mantu Kumar, Tutu Kumar and Babloo, all belonging to Katari village of Gaya on 6.6.2004. On 13.6.2004, CBI arrested another accused Sarvan Paswan.

On interrogation of the arrested persons, it was disclosed that Mantu Kumar had shot Shri Dubey while Sarvan Paswan bursted a cracker to scare Shri Dubey. They wanted to snatch the briefcase of Shri Dubey but Shri Dubey resisted with all his force. After shooting at Shri Dubey, the assailants ran away towards Katari village. They broke open the brief case and took out Rs.4,000/- in cash. They had also taken Rs.500/- from Shri Dubey’s pocket earlier. They distributed the amount equally and threw the briefcase into an abandoned well. They also concealed the country made gun and two live cartridges in a crevice in the Katari hill.

During the investigation, the district police of Gaya, especially Shri Sanjay Singh, SP provided operational assistance to the CBI team. The Special Task Force of the SP led by Shri Atal Singh, Head Constable assisted CBI in the investigation of this case.

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