India, June 18 -- The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday ordered the state police to set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of Faim Qureshi killed around the same time the Banbhulpura violence broke out in Haldwani on 8 February 2024.

The bench of chief justice G Narender and justice Alok Mahra also decided to monitor the investigations in the case.

The order came on a petition filed by Faim's brother Parvez who contested the initial police version that he was killed in the violence that broke out in Haldwani in February 2024. Parvez insisted that Faim was murdered by some people during the Banbhulpura violence on February 8, 2024, and had succumbed to bullet injuries.

The petition said Nainital's chief judicial ...