Defence Ministry today clarified that transfer petitions filed by the petitioner Ms Sujatha Ravi Kiran, wife of Lt Cdr Ravi Kiran have been dismissed by the Supreme Court. <br/><br/>It said, the prayer of the petitioner to transfer the investigation carried out by Kerala Police to the CBI has also been disbelieved and dismissed by the apex court. The Navy has strongly denied allegations of bias and connivance made by Sujatha.<br/><br/>It said, the Kerala Police has also denied any influence by the Indian Navy in the investigation. To facilitate expeditious investigation in the matter, the apex court has directed Kerala Police to continue with the investigation by constituting a special investigating team comprising officials of Kerala Police headed by a DIG level officer and complete the investigations preferably within three months.
News On AIR | May 13, 2016 8:20 PM
SC dismisses plea seeking CBI probe against Naval officer