Dehradun, July 04: Controversy broke out today over the gunning down of an MBA qualified youth by Uttarakhand police after he allegedly fled with a sub-inspector’s revolver while his family claimed he was killed in a fake encounter.
The incident triggered protests from family and opposition Congress, after which Chief Minister R P Nishank handed over the probe to CB-CID into yesterday’s killing of 22-year-old Ranbir Singh from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.
Singh, who recently completed his MBA from Meerut University and was to join Kotak Mahindra tomorrow, was killed in an encounter in Ladpur jungles here with the police which was on high alert in view of President Pratibha Patel’s visit and carried out strict checks of vehicles and persons.