New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the death of Union Minister Gopinath Munde in an accident in Delhi. This comes after Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis met Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday demanding a CBI probe into Munde's death.
Munde died due to shock and a haemorrhage following injuries to his neck and liver in a road accident in Delhi on June 3. Earlier last week, Maharashtra BJP leader Pandurang Phundkar had sparked off a row by claiming that Munde wanted to leave the party at one point of time as he was allegedly being humiliated by other party members. Phundkar had also sought a CBI probe into Munde's death.
"Munde faced struggles at every step. He was (once) about to leave BJP. I opposed it. He faced humiliation many times but dedicated his life to the party," Phundkar had said. "Congress had offered him two ministerial posts at the Centre and the state," Phundkar said after a resolution to mark Munde's contribution was moved in the House by Maharashtra parliamentary affairs minister Harshwardhan Patil.
"There is a lot of confusion among people about the circumstances leading to his death. There should be a CBI probe into the matter," said Phundkar, who became emotional while recounting his association with Munde going back to 1974. Phundkar is a former leader of opposition in the legislative council.
Council chairman Shivajirao Deshmukh had also said that he was for a high-level probe into Munde's death. He had informed the House that he would write to Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan requesting such a probe.
(With additional information from PTI)
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