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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will be “very early” to ask former Maharashtra DGP Dattatray Padsalgikar to submit a report as to the status of CBI investigation into

cases of sexual violence against women and children committed during sectarian violence and strife in Manipur. Padsalgikar was appointed by the top court on August 7 to supervise the

investigation into the 11 FIRs, including the viral video of two young tribal women paraded naked after being raped, which were referred to the central probe agency by the state government.

The court had granted Padsalgikar a period of two months to submit a report elaborating on the progress which has been made. During the hearing, senior advocate Indira Jaising said that

there is no update on CBI investigation so far in relation to the cases transferred by the Manipur government. “CBI has not filed any update on the investigations. Whereas the (Judges)

Committee has been sending updates, there is no update on CBI investigations so far on 11 cases transferred to them,” Jaising told the bench, headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising

Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra. At this, the bench remarked that the Padsalgikar himself went to Manipur and is a “seasoned” officer from Maharashtra Police who has served

“extensively in the northeast”. The bench added: “Allow a little bit of time to the officer to take charge, monitor the situation and then we may ask for a status report.” Solicitor General

Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Manipur government, said that the apex court “purposefully” did not choose to monitor the investigation on a day to day basis and apprehended that if a report

is filed by the CBI, “everyone will start to monitor the investigation”.