Updated On: 30 January, 2022 07:33 AM IST | Dhanbad | Agencies
He will replace ASP Vijay Shukla who was leading the probe till now. The team was changed on January 22

Justice Uttam Anand
In a key development in the murder case of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has changed the whole team that was probing the matter. The Jharkhand High Court had already expressed unhappiness over the probe and had rapped the federal probe agency for coming out with a cell phone robbery angle in the case. SP Vishal Kumar of Special Crime Unit 2 of the CBI will now head the probe team. He will replace ASP Vijay Shukla who was leading the probe till now. The team was changed on January 22.
The new team of the CBI officials on Wednesday visited the crime scene and inspected the whole spot for the first time. The previous team had already visited the site thrice. The team of federal probe agency reached Randhir Verma Chowk of Dhanbad around 1.20 pm on January 26 and spent almost 15 minutes at the crime scene.