Explain failure in Vasant Kunj murder probe: HC to police

New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on
Wednesday asked the city police in India to explain their
failure in solving the murder case of IT student Shobhit Modi,
who was stabbed to death near his residence in the posh Vasant
Kunj locality here.
"Notice is issued to the Delhi Police for September
13," Justice Mukta Gupta said while asking the police to look
into the allegations that the victim's father Suraj Modi has
been threatened for his bid to get the murder mystery solved.
"The investigation of the police needs to be
supervised," Justice Gupta said allowing the submissions of
Shobhit's father that despite the lapse of 72 days, police
has so far not been able to solve the case.
"We have also provided the names of the suspects, but
the reasons (for their failure) are best known to them
(police). No concrete action has been taken," the counsel for
Modi said.
20-Year old Shobhit, an IT student at Manav Rachna
University, Faridabad, was fatally stabbed by some unknown
persons near his house at Vasant Kunj in south-west Delhi on
May 5.
His father had moved the high court seeking a CBI
probe into the murder, saying the police has been handling the
case in an "inefficient" manner and has failed to establish
the motive behind the killing.
During the probe, police had interrogated victim's
alleged girlfriend and her father after it was claimed that he
had disapproved of their relationship.