Wed Feb 05 00:06:37 IST 2025: ## Supreme Court Relieves CBI SIT Head in Manipur Killings Case
**NEW DELHI, February 5, 2025** – The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s request to remove Datla Sreenivasa Varma as the head of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing extra-judicial killings in Manipur.
The court, hearing a CBI application, accepted the agency’s plea. The SIT was formed in 2017 by the Supreme Court following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging 1,528 cases of extra-judicial killings in the state. The hearing involved Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati representing the CBI and senior advocate Maneka Guruswamy acting as amicus curiae. The reasons for the removal of Mr. Varma were not detailed in the available report.
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