CB-CID inquiry ordered into Dehradun’s police encounter case
By ANISunday, July 5, 2009
DEHRADUN - Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank has ordered a high-level inquiry into the killing of a MBA student in an encounter by the Dehradun Police.
“We are considering a high-level inquiry. I had ordered a magisterial inquiry and handed it over to the Additional District Magistrate. We will hand over the inquiry to the Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department,” said Nishank.
Ranbir Singh, a 24-year-old MBA student, was killed in the encounter that took place here on Friday.
The body was handed over to his relatives after post mortem on Saturday.
Ranbir’s brother said that the victim was innocent and was framed.
“Now when the police is returning the body, they had marked the body as a criminal, but later they corrected it. This means, he was not a criminal. They had framed him,” said Sandeep, Ranbir’s brother.
Police had earlier claimed Ranbir to be a criminal.
Ranbir was riding a motorcycle with his two friends when the police stopped him at a check post.
Police alleged the three men got into an altercation with a sub-inspector who had asked them to stop and then fled into a nearby forest after snatching his service revolver.
In the ensuing encounter, Ranbir was gunned down while the other two managed to escape. (ANI)
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July 5, 2009: 6:57 pm
Once again, an innocent has been the victim of police brutality. Two days have passed, and still no action taken against the accused policemen involved in what ostensibly is a fake encounter. Ironically, Menaka Gandhi is demanding protection for her son, Rahul Gandhi, at a time, when an innocent is being brutally assaulted and murdered in the BJP led state of Uttarakhand. What about Ranbir? Why doesn’t any politician raise voice against this cold blooded murder? The media and the citizens need to come forward and raise this issue, so that the guilty be punished. Is a man’s life so cheap? What is the Government doing… just ordering inquiries? These inquires continue to galore without bringing any relief to the deprieved families. It’s a blot on India’s democracy that we’ve to live in an atmosphere of fear, even after attaining much spought-after freedom.The flagrant violeneces continue to prtoliferate. Is the Government listening? |
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