New Delhi:The Central Bureau of Investigation has dismissed any foul play in the death of former cabinet minister Gopinath Munde's death, as per reports on Tuesday.
CBI had taken over the probe into the death of BJP leader Munde following a road accident in Delhi.
The Union Home Ministry recommended handing over of the case to the agency after a number of political leaders had demanded a CBI probe into the fatal accident of Munde, who had taken charge as the Rural Development Minister in the Narendra Modi government.
Sixty four-year-old Munde, a popular backward class leader from Maharashtra, was on his way to Indira Gandhi Airport on June 3 when his car was hit by another vehicle at the Prithviraj Road-Tughlak Road roundabout in the heart of the national capital.
Munde died due to shock and haemorrhage following injuries to his neck and liver in the road accident.
Delhi Police had registered a case against 32-year-old Gurvinder Singh, the driver whose car hit Munde's vehicle.
BJP leaders from Maharashtra, including former party president Nitin Gadkari, had sought a CBI inquiry into Munde's death.
Munde's daughter and MLA Pankaja Munde Palve had in a statement urged the deceased leader's supporters not to fall prey to those trying to make political capital out of the tragedy.
"I have spoken to (party leaders) regarding the CBI inquiry and I trust Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I am confident he will show the direction in the face of various theories doing the rounds regarding my father's death," PTI quoted her as saying after Munde's demise.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar had also asked Modi to initiate a CBI probe into the incident to bring out the "facts" and assuage the feelings of the BJP leader's supporters.
(With PTI inputs)
