The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the alleged murder case of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand has now shifted focus on the cases being dealt by the deceased judge ahead of the incident of July 28 when he was hit by an auto rickshaw near his house during a morning walk leading to his death.

The CBI team has collected the details of important cases being dealt by the deceased Uttam Anand and is likely to search for connection, if any, of the accused persons of other cases with the two arrested persons including auto driver Lakhan Verma and his accomplice, Rahul Verma. The CBI is also likely to find out if any other person who has been denied bail in the court of Uttam Anand may have any link with his death. Notices are being sent to several such persons including the accused persons besides the complainant persons for questioning by the investigation team from Delhi.

Two youths including Vikram Singh of Barora and Shahid Ansari of Katras whose cases were also pending in the court of Judge Uttam Anand were questioned by the CBI in the last two days. Vikram Singh, an accused of the violence at a colliery site was questioned on Friday at Katras police station while Shahid Ansari an accused of another colliery violence, was questioned on Saturday.

The CBI team which reached Barora police station on Friday called Singh with the help of local police and later took him to Katra police station for questioning. The CBI team later also tried to question Shahid Ansari on Friday but as he was away he was later questioned today.

Notably, the SIT of state police led by Sanjay Anand Latkar, ADJ (Operations) which carried out the probe into the cases ever since the incident of July 28 till August 5 when CBI took over the case interrogated several key persons whose cases are being dealt by judge Uttam Anand including two members of the gang of UP based shooter, Aman Singh whose bail were denied by Uttam Anand.

The state police as part of its investigation also questioned over 250 criminals and history sheeters of Dhanbad lodged in different jails across the state including in Ranchi and Dhanbad.