Murder case against cops involved in Ranbir’s encounter

Dehradun, July 07: A case of murder was registered against police officials involved in the killing of MBA graduate Ranbir Singh in an alleged fake encounter as pressure mounted on the BJP government in Uttarkhand today to order a CBI probe.

The FIRs under section 302 (murder) IPC was lodged following a murder case against 14 police personnel registered by Ranbir’s father Ravindra Pal Singh in Raipur police station late last night, official sources said here today, four days after the incident on Friday.

The accused included the then Dalanwala police station Inspector Santosh Jaiswal, the then Station House Officer at Nehru Colony Rajesh Bisht and the then Aaraghar police post in-charge G D Bhatt.
–PTI