On his third death anniversary, even the probe into his murder has not progressed.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Patna on Saturday sentenced life-imprisonment to three men, convicted of murdering Satyendra Dubey, a National Highway Authority of India engineer, on November 27, 2003.
The charges were framed against Mantu Kumar, Uday Kumar, Pinku Ravidas and Shravan Kumar under sections of Indian penal Code and Arms Act by Additional district and sessions judge J M Sharma.
Uday Chaudhary, one of the three accused in the murder of National Highway Authority of India engineer Satyendra Dubey, escaped on Monday from the Patna civil court premises when he slid his oversized handcuffs off and escaped.
Dhanajay said it was not just his family but hundreds across the country who questioned CBI's probe into Satyendra's murder.
The NHAI project director and a retired army brigadier, who was running a consultancy service for NHAI, had been named by murdered NHAI engineer Satyendra Dubey in a letter alleging large-scale bungling in highway construction projects.
CBI Director Umashanker Mishra visited Gaya to review the situation in view of the FIRs his team is facing in connection with the suicides.
'Like all right-thinking Indians, I am shocked and saddened by the murder of Satyendra Dubey, an upright and dedicated officer working with NHAI,' he said.
It seeks an inquiry commission to probe who leaked the name of the NHAI official, which seemingly led to his murder.
A video clip of the purported remark quickly went viral on social media, prompting local BJP MLA Raj Prasad Upadhyay to seek action against the doctor.
The notices were issues on a PIL seeking an independent probe into allegations of corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral Project by Satyendra Dubey.
The family of National Highway Authority of India whistleblower Satyendra Dubey, whose murder in 2003 had sparked nationwide outrage, said on Saturday that it was not happy with the sentencing of three people in the case as "real culprits" are yet to be punished.
The engineer's murder is being linked to his letter to the PMO regarding improper utilisation of funds and the sub-standard quality of work in the Golden Quadrilateral Project.
The detained person has been identified as Pradeep Kumar, a rickshaw puller.
The chief mentor of Infosys Technologies urged that such tragedies should not recur.
A case has been registered under 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder) of the IPC and various provisions of the Arms Act, CBI sources said.
According to rickshaw puller Pradeep Kumar, the NHAI engineer's murder was a robbery bid gone awry.
Three men were on Monday convicted of murdering young NHAI engineer Satyendra Dubey who paid with his life after he blew the whistle on corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral project in Bihar.
Sarwan Paswan was picked up by the agency sleuths from Patna based on interrogation report of four other accused persons arrested by the CBI earlier.
Babloo Mehtar, Uday Mallah, Mantoo Paswan and Tutoo Paswan were produced before a designated court in Patna, which remanded them to CBI custody, agency sources said.
Sheonath Kumar Sah and Mukendra Paswan, who were quizzed by the CBi for several hours in Delhi during the past few days, fell unconscious after consuming pesticide at their native village in Bihar.
"We have engaged our best investigators in the case," CBI Director Umashanker Mishra told reporters in Gaya
The case had created a furore across the country after it came to light that the NHAI engineer had written a letter to then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee citing irregularities in the Golden Quadrilateral Project.
If one cannot trust even the highest office in the land, where does one go?
Implementation of the ambitious Golden Quadrilateral Road Project in Bihar was being delayed due to interference from local gangsters and contractors.
The National Highways Authority of India engineer had written a letter to the PMO about the corruption in Golden Quadrilateral Project in Bihar.
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...A hate letter to our system, feels Sreehari Nair.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Ravi S Dhavan and Justice Shashank Kumar Singh was hearing a PIL filed by an advocate, M P Gupta, alleging that the future of the Golden Quadrilateral Project was in danger.
Delhi's power circles can expect a surprise when a not-so-known officer is appointed to head the CBI.
Mishra was catapulted to the chief ministership of Bihar following the assassination of his elder brother Lalit Narayan Mishra in 1975.
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