High court orders fresh probe into bishop’s death

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered a fresh probe into the death of a Catholic bishop in the central Indian state.
Bishop Thomas Thennatt of Gwalior died in a road accident on December14, 2018 and his family members suspected foul play in the death as the prelate’s body was buried without performing the mandatory post-mortem examination.
The Gwalior bench of the high court on July 19 ordered the probe into the death of the bishop, who was then 65 years old. The single bench of Justice Roopesh Chandra Varshney in its order dismissed the objections from the First Additional Sessions Judge, Shivpuri district that upheld the order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class in the same district and ordered for a fresh probe.