Plea To Reopen Probe Into 2017 Death Of Manipur Student In Noida : CBI Court To Pronounce Order On Sep 30

The Special CBI Court at Ghaziabad has reserved order on the protest petition filed by the family of Manipur student Pravish Chanam, who was found dead in Noida in suspicious circumstances in September 2017.

The CBI, which had taken over the investigation from UP Police in 2019, had filed a closure report in the case, ruling out foul play.

Against this, the family of Pravish Chanam filed a protest petition through Advocate Dushyant Kumar, alleging that the investigation agency closed the case without taking into account crucial pieces of evidence.

Pravish, a 22-year-old from Manipur who had come to Noida to attend a music concert, was found dead on September 8, 2017 with injuries to his head.

It is alleged by the family that the local police cremated his body as "unclaimed", after autoposy, without waiting for the family, although a missing complaint was earlier filed by them after Chanam went missing.

The case was transferred to the CBI after widespread public outcry seeking proper investigation in the case.

After the CBI closed the case terming the death to be "accidental", Sh.Phanjouban Linthoingambi, a cousin of Pravish, filed a petition seeking further investigation into the matter by a competent authority, replacing the present investigating officer. It was argued that the post-mortem report mentioned a number of bodily injuries, which suggest murder.

The Court will pronounce order on the protest petition on September 30.