Jammu, Sep 01: Apni Party Provincial President Jammu and former minister, S Manjit Singh has demanded CBI probe into the mysterious murder of Superintendent Engineer of the Roads and Buildings Department, Gurmeet Singh.
Gurmeet Singh disappeared from his residence six days before and later his body was retrieved from the premises of the Lower Jhelum Hydroelectric Power Project in Gantamulla in Baramulla recently.
Singh in a statement said, “The government should order a CBI probe into the mysterious disappearance, and cause of death to apprehend the accused persons who are still at large. The government must unfold the factual situation behind the murder of Gurmeet Singh as it appeared to have aimed to create mistrust among the communities in Jammu and Kashmir.”
The government should hold an impartial probe into the matter as it was linked to the peace and internal security of Jammu and Kashmir, Singh said. He recalled how the Sikh Community people were killed in the past in Kashmir Valley in a bid to spread fear among them.
He referred to the Chattisinghpora killings and the killing of other Sikhs in separate incidents and said those should be reinvestigated to punish the killer and expose the motive behind the killing of the minority.
“These incidents create mistrust and minorities lose confidence because of constant risk to the lives of the minorities with these isolated incidents that often dent the image of Kashmir Valley,” the Apni Party leader said, adding that all the killings of minorities should be investigated by the CBI.
