By IANS,
Karnal (Haryana) : A day after a witness in a murder case allegedly involving two senior Congress leaders was found dead in Haryana, his son Thursday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death.
Chamail Singh, who had complained against the Congress legislators, was found dead in Karnal district Wednesday. His body was recovered from a secluded spot in Sector 4 area here. He lived in Madlauda village in Panipat district of Haryana.
His son Sandeep Kumar has filed a petition with the Karnal administration, demanding a CBI probe. The administration has forwarded his petition to the state government.
Police said Chamail was made witness in the murder of former village headman Karam Singh. Karam Singh’s badly stabbed body was found near the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) in Karnal June 7.
The names of former Haryana tourism and transport minister Om Prakash Jain and Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) Zile Ram Sharma figured in the case. Both were forced to quit on the issue.
“Chamail’s son has demanded a CBI probe into his farther’s murder case. Police are doing their work. We have registered a case against unknown people and rading various places to nab the accused,” said V. Kamaraja, inspector general of police (Rohtak range), here Thursday.
Police sources said Chamail was a relative of Karam Singh and he had also paid Rs.400,000 to Zile Ram Sharma to arrange a job for his relative.
Just a day before his murder, Karam Singh had submitted a written complaint to Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and police alleging he was duped of nearly Rs.13 lakh by Jain and Sharma, who had promised to provide government jobs to his son and two nephew.