Overview

• CBI told the court that Uttam Singh was arrested on September 27 in Indore and Sanjeev Singh on October 5 in Shivpuri, and both are lodged in Indore jail.
• Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan rebuked the CBI and the Madhya Pradesh government for failing to promptly carry out the Supreme Court’s May 15 arrest directive.
• The court ordered the CBI and the state to submit written explanations for the delay and fixed the next hearing for November 6.
• The bench sought details of departmental action against the accused officers, noting they were absconding since April and were suspended only on October 1.
• Addressing allegations of harassment of a key eyewitness in custody, the court directed authorities to allow the witness limited phone contact with family.