BENGALURU: Observing that there was some progress in the investigation being conducted by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into the missing techie Kumar Ajitabh case, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday said that the case would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) if there was a slightest slackness in the investigation.
Justice Aravind Kumar made this observation after going through the status report of the investigation submitted by SIT in a sealed cover to the court.
The documents furnished by the investigating officials has shown some progress in the investigation and the parents of the missing techie should not be made aware of the line of investigation, although the law permits to them access the same, in the interest of the missing person, the court said while adjourning the hearing to July 31.
The court was hearing the petition filed by Ashok Kumar Sinha, Ajitabh’s father, seeking directions to the state to transfer the case from its police to the CBI, as there was no clue of tracing his son, software engineer Kumar Ajitabh, who has been mysteriously missing since December 18, 2017.
Meanwhile, counsel of the petitioner submitted that Ashok Kumar Sinha has been hospitalised and the family members were not aware of what is happening in the investigation as already six months have elapsed. Now, sister and brother of the missing techie have arrived in the city to follow up the case, he submitted.
Ajitabh went missing when he left home after receiving a call from a prospective buyer of his car which he had advertised on the online market platform OLX on December 18, 2017.
Sinha expressed apprehension that Ajitabh’s disappearance could be part of an organised crime ring or that his son’s skills could be used for anti-national activities out of coercion or even that he could be made a victim of organ-trafficking.