HC asks CBI to complete probe in Malegaon blast witness'' case

Indore, Jan 19 (PTI) The Indore bench of MadhyaPradesh High Court today directed CBI to complete the probewithin two months, into the missing of Dilip Patidar - awitness in the 2008 Malegaon blast.

The division bench of the High Court comprisingJustices K K Lahoti and S Kemkar, was hearing the petition byRamswaroop, Dilip''s brother, demanding a speedy inquiry.

"The CBI sought six months'' time to complete the probebut the bench did not agree to it and directed the agency todo the job in two months," Patidars'' counsel Bhuwan Deshmukhtold reporters.

On October 1 last year, the High Court had ordered theCBI probe into the case but had not fixed time limit.

Patidar was the tenant of Ramchandra Kalsangra aliasRamji - wanted in connection with Samjhauta Express blast andother terror acts.

Patidar''s family claims that Dilip was picked up bythe Maharashtra ATS from Indore in November 2008 forinterrogation in Malegaon blast case, after which he didn''treturn home.