NEW DELHI: The CBI has registered an FIR to initiate a probe into a case relating to the murder of former Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar following an order issued by the Bombay High Court, officials said on Tuesday.
Ghosalkar was shot dead by businessman Mauris Noronha alias ‘Mauris Bhai’ at the former’s Borivali office during a Facebook Live stream in February this year and then had also shot himself dead after the crime.
According to reports on September 6, the Bombay High Court had ordered to transfer the probe into the murder case to the CBI, saying the police did not probe some angles properly and a deeper investigation was required.
The court had reportedly issued the order on a writ petition filed by Ghosalkar’s wife, corporator Tejasvee, who in her pleas alleged that the Mumbai Crime Branch did not investigate all possible angles and the likely involvement of some other persons in the conspiracy to kill her husband.
Officials in the central probe agency said, acting on the direction issued by the High Court, the CBI has re-registered the Police FIR in the case, which was originally lodged by Borivali West’s MHB Colony police station on a complaint from a grocery shop owner.
The FIR was filed for the offence of “murder by use of firearms” under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Arms Act and the Maharashtra Police Act, the official said, adding that “unknown person/persons” have been named in it.
The 41-year-old former corporator was allegedly killed by Noronha, during a live-streaming session on Facebook. Noronha had allegedly invited Ghosalkar to his office, on a pretext, and shot him during their conversation.
The probe by the Crime Branch revealed that Noronha had allegedly used the licensed gun of his bodyguard to kill Ghosalkar and later, himself. Accordingly, the bodyguard had been arrested after being booked under relevant sections of the Arms Act.
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