Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank said on Monday that his government is ready for a CBI probe into the death of an MBA graduate from Ghaziabad in an alleged "fake encounter".
"I have full faith in the CB-CID. But if the family members of Ranbir want a CBI probe into the matter, we will not shy away from it also," Nishank said after meeting the father of 22-year-old Ranbir Singh, who was killed in an encounter with police in Dehradun on Friday.
Ranbir's father Ravindrapal Singh and other relatives met the Chief Minister at state secretariat on Monday afternoon and demanded a CBI probe into the incident.
They also demanded stern action against the "erring" police officials.
Besides the main opposition Congress, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), the ruling BJP leaders and human rights activists have supported the demand of Singh's family for a CBI probe into the killing after the autopsy report revealed that he was shot from close range and injury marks showed that he may have been tortured.
Earlier, BJP president Rajnath Singh, who is also an MP from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, is understood to have spoken to Nishank over telephone over the issue and asked him to sympathetically consider the demand for a CBI probe.
Facing mounting pressure from various quarters, Nishank on Sunday night held a high-level meeting with top administrative and police officials over the issue and later announced the removal of Dehradun SSP Amit Sinha from the post. Seven policemen including, Sub-Inspector G D Bhatt, involved in the encounter, were sent to police lines.
RLD Chief Ajit Singh had demanded a probe by central agency into the incident claiming that policemen "misused their power by killing an innocent youth".