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The Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom on Wednesday allowed a second autopsy examination of Anuj Kumar, who died in police custody following his arrest in a case associated to the firing exterior Bollywood famous person Salman Khan’s residence in Mumbai.
The path got here on a petition filed by Anuj Kumar’s mom Reeta Devi, who sought a recent examination.
The court docket of Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj requested the petitioner at hand over the physique to the Guru Gobind Singh Medical School in Faridkot on or earlier than Could 10. The court docket disposed of the petition with out commenting on the deserves of the case or impleading the state of Maharashtra with a path to the Punjab authorities to conduct a second autopsy examination of Anuj Kumar.
On April 14, two motorbike-borne individuals opened hearth exterior Salman Khan’s residence within the Bandra space of Mumbai. 4 individuals, together with Anuj Kumar, have been arrested in reference to the case.
Kumar, who was accused of supplying firearms and bullets, was arrested on April 26 from Punjab and remanded to police custody until April 30. A resident of Punjab’s Fazilka, Kumar was discovered lifeless in the bathroom of the lock-up of the crime department within the commissionerate advanced at Crawford Market right here on Could 1.
The petitioner’s counsel Davinder Singh Khurana submitted that the physique of Anuj was handed over to the petitioner after a autopsy examination. Khurana submitted that the petitioner suspected that her son had been eradicated underneath a conspiracy and that to rule out any risk of an unfair play, it was important that the autopsy be re-conducted.
The state counsel had contended that the petition was misconceived and there was no cogent cause or tangible floor for a second autopsy.
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