Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya's death in December 2014 has been recently described as unnatural by his family in an interview to news magazine The Caravan. The accusations have provoked calls for an independent inquiry not just by politicians but by prominent judicial voices. The 48-year-old judge was hearing the CBI's case of murder against BJP chief Amit Shah when he travelled for a wedding to Nagpur where he died of a cardiac arrest.
His family has said that hints of wrongdoing include unexplained blood stains on Judge Loya's clothes when his body was returned to them.Judge Loya's family has claimed that he had confided to them about being offered Rs. 100 crore by Justice Mohit Shah, who was then the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, to exonerate the BJP chief.