New Delhi, September 07: Defence Minister A K Antony has ordered a fresh probe into the death of Capt Sumit Kohli in Jammu and Kashmir in 2006 after his family claimed it was not suicide but murder.
The family had met Antony a fortnight ago and made a representation seeking an independent probe or a CBI investigation into the mysterious death of Sumit.
26-year-old Sumit, who was serving with 16 Rashtriya Rifles in Lolab in north Kashmir, was found dead with gun shot wounds in his room in the military residential facility in April 2006 on the last day of posting in counter-insurgency operations in the border state.
Following the family’s request, Antony directed Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar to get the case re-investigated, ministry sources said here today
–Agencies