Published on : 08 Oct 2025, 6:13 am 3 min read

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to explain why it did not arrest two police officers accused in the custodial death of a 25-year-old tribal youth in Madhya Pradesh before the Court passed orders [Hansura Bai & Another v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors] .

A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan also asked the State government to inform it about the departmental action taken against the suspended officers.

" Why couldn’t you arrest them in all these days? This is not how a Supreme Court order is to be complied with. Because we said we will ask Chief Secretary to be present today, you have acted. You explain why this happened. We are not going to close the matter ," t

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