# Patna High Court orders further probe into retired professors’ murder 2026-08-10T09:51:11+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Patna High Court has directed Bihar Police to conduct further investigation into the 2023 murder of two retired professors, observing that one victim suffered 24 incised wounds, making a sole-assailant theory doubtful. Justice Jitendra Kumar noted the nature of injuries pointed to a strong possibility that more than one person was involved. The court, however, allowed the ongoing trial against the only charge-sheeted accused, Tapan Dey alias Deepak Kumar, to continue as 12 of 14 prosecution witnesses have already been examined. Livelaw.in reports that the daughter of the deceased couple, Rakshita Singh, sought the probe, arguing that the murders of Mahendra Prasad Singh and Dr Pushpa Singh, both aged around 70, could not have been carried out by one person. The state did not oppose the request. The court held that closing the investigation after filing a charge-sheet against only one accused was not justified. ## Coverage - livelaw.in Tags: Bihar Police, double murder, further investigation, Patna High Court, retired professors, sole assailant Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/patna-high-court-orders-further-probe-into-retired-professors-murder/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/patna-high-court-orders-further-probe-into-retired-professors-murder/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.