Won't conduct cremation till demands are met: Family
Amritsar, March 6 -- The family of 19-year-old Ranjit Singh, who was killed in the February 25 police encounter in Gurdaspur, has resolved not to conduct the cremation until their demands are met by the state government.
The family, along with a 16-member action committee, also filed a fresh petition in the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking another post-mortem examination to be conducted by PGIMER, Chandigarh.
The first autopsy was conducted at the Gurdaspur civil hospital on Tuesday in the presence of chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Surekha Dadwal, following which the body was handed over to the family for cremation.
On Wednesday, a meeting of the action committee, which comprises representatives of different human rights, farmers, Panthic, social and political organisations, was held at the residence of the deceased's family in Adhian village in Gurdaspur district in the presence of Ranjit's uncle Harinder Singh Malhi and other family members.
It was resolved in the meeting that the body will not be cremated until their demands are met and the body will remain in a freezer at the house.
The action committee and family, however, welcomed the suo motu notice taken by the high court. Malhi said, "The action committee has decided to organise a big gathering outside the deputy commissioner's office to press their demands, including an inquiry by CBI or a sitting high court judge, a murder FIR against the cops responsible for Ranjit's death and an end to fake encounters by the Punjab Police."
A sit-in demonstration by around 70 volunteers of the organisations and several villagers was also launched outside the deceased's residence on Thursday.
On February 22, two cops were found shot dead at a police post at Adhian village. Three days later, Ranjit Singh, 19, who was one of the three youths accused of the double murders, was killed in a police encounter near Puranashala village, about 8 km from Gurdaspur on the Gurdaspur-Mukerian road, on early February 25....
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