Patna: Bihar Government today (Dec 5, 2003) ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the gruesome killing of a senior official of National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) Satyendra Dubey by unidentified criminals in Gaya town on November 27, official sources said.

The State Government ordered a CBI probe into Dubey's killing on the recommendation of Director General of Police (DGP) D P Ojha, they said.

Dubey, a Civil Engineering graduate of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and batch-mate of Gaya District Superintendent of Police Sanjay Singh, was shot dead while he was on way to his A P Colony residence from the Gaya railway junction.

The NHAI deputy general manager had become a target of the criminals after he had reportedly complained to the Prime Minister's Office about alleged corrupt practices in the construction of Golden Quadrilateral Highway in Gaya.

PTI