CBI doubles up the reward to Rs. 10 lakhs for information in Dhanbad add district judge death case

New Delhi, September 9

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has doubled its reward to Rs 10 lakh for "information of importance" on the death of Dhanbad judge Uttam Anand who died after being hit by an auto-rickshaw.

The CBI has put up posters announcing the increased bounty at several places in Dhanbad such as City Centre, Bank More and Randhir Verma Chowk where the incident occurred. 

The posters read, "Cash reward of Rs 10 lakh will be given to the person who will give worthwhile information related to the crime,".

The information can be shared with the CBI's Special Crime-1 cell in New Delhi through phone numbers 011-24368640, 011-24368641 and 7827728856, the agency said.

The identity of the person who will provide the information will not be revealed, it said.

The CBI had on August 15 announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for anyone sharing information of importance on the death of the additional district judge.

The CCTV footage showed that the judge, Uttam Anand, was jogging on one side of a fairly wide road at Randhir Verma Chowk near the district court early on July 28 when a heavy auto-rickshaw veered towards him, hit him from behind, and fled the scene.

During the investigation, the Dhanbad police seized the vehicle from Giridih district and arrested the auto-rickshaw driver Lakhan Verma and his assistant Rahul Verma.

The CBI has taken over the case on August 4.