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States » NorthPosted at: Aug 14 2019 6:08PM


Mann demands time-bound CBI probe into custodial deaths, suicides

Chandigarh, Aug 14 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab unit chief and MP Bhagwant Mann has demanded a time-bound CBI probe into the unending spree of custodial deaths and suicides in the state.
In a statement here on Wednesday, the AAP MP said during the tenure of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh more than one-and-a-half dozen people had perished in various Punjab jails under police custody, a majority of them facing charges of drug peddling.
He further said the latest example in the series being mysterious death of ASI Avtar Singh, who shot self dead while in custody in Amritsar. The ASI was arrested on the night of August 11, along with his colleague Sub Inspector Zorawar Singh on the charge of drug trafficking.
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