13-Feb-2025 07:37 PM
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Mumbai, Feb 13 (Reporter) Popular Marathi actress Urmila Kanetkar has moved the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of the investigation from an officer of Samta Nagar police station to any other officer in connection with a case where her driver allegedly hit two construction site workers, killing one and seriously injuring the other in December 2024, a lawyer said on Thursday.
Arguing before a division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Neela K Gokhale, the actress stated that the Investigation Officer (IO) was giving evasive replies pertaining to investigation and CCTV footage of the spot of the incident and the entire scene of offence had been tampered with, as the contractor who was conducting work had not put any ‘work in progress’ sign at the spot.
She has raised various points justifying her plea to transfer the probe.
The bench adjourned the further hearing, after directing the police to see to it whether the footage can be provided to the petitioner.
On December 28 last year, police have registered a case of causing death by negligence and rash driving against Kanetkar’s driver, 58-year-old Gajanand Gunnipal, and initiated an investigation...////...