CBI Probe Likely into Killing of MBA Graduate by Police
In a sensitive shoot out of an MBA graduate by the Uttarakhand police who had come for joining his job, Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank is likely to recommend a CBI inquiry into the killing.
It is expected that Nishank may announce in a day or two the CBI probe into the killing of 22-year-old Ranbir Singh from Ghaziabad in an encounter with police, said sources. The chief minister had earlier handed over the case to CB-CID.
Besides the main Opposition Congress, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), the ruling BJP leaders and human rights activists have supported the demand of Singh’s family for a CBI probe into the killing after the autopsy report revealed that he was shot from close range and injury marks showed that he may have been tortured.
BJP President Rajnath Singh, who is also an MP from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, is understood to have spoken to Nishank over telephone over the issue and asked him to sympathetically consider the demand for a CBI probe.
Facing mounting pressure from various quarters, Nishank on Sunday night held a high-level meeting with top administrative and police officials over the issue and later announced the removal of Dehradun SSP Amit Sinha from the post. Seven policemen including, Sub-Inspector G D Bhatt, involved in the encounter, have been sent to police lines.
RLD Chief Ajit Singh had demanded a probe by central agency into the incident claiming that policemen “misused their power by killing an innocent youth”.
