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Maharashtra Government Open To Re-Investigating Justice Loya Death Case
Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case of Gujarat, died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur.
09 Jan 2020, 05:05 PM IST 
A gavel sits on a stage. (Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Maharashtra government is open to re-investigating the death of special CBI Judge BH Loya in 2014, state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Thursday.
Loya, who was hearing the high-profile Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case of Gujarat, died of cardiac arrest in Nagpur on Dec.1, 2014, when he had gone to attend the wedding of a colleague's daughter.
"Our government is open to re-investigating the Loya death case," Deshmukh told reporters.
"Some people are meeting me today to demand that the case be reopened. It will be re-investigated if necessary," Deshmukh said.