The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up the CBI for failing to arrest personnel of the Madhya Pradesh Police allegedly responsible for the July 2024 custodial death of a man picked up in connection with a theft case, and warned that it “will not spare” the investigators if anything untoward happens to the eyewitness. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

“This can’t go on like this. Despite a Supreme Court order you are unable to act. Then what is the use? You are pleading helplessness. He is absconding… Please don’t plead helplessness. We will only say your helplessness feels in the garb of protection,” Justice B V Nagarathna presiding over a two-judge bench said.

The bench also comprising Justice R Mahadevan was hearing a contempt plea by the kin of the deceased Deva Pardhi, 26, who, along with h

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