Before exhuming body, SSP must assure no threat to law & order: ADM

Bareilly | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

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No permission can be granted until SSP assures in writing that there will be no threat to law and order situation if the body is exhumed for further investigation.”ADM also asked police to cover the area of the graveyard before exhuming body On August 28, 2018, when Paro’s husband Yusuf had visited his property, Gulshan informed Paro that her husband’s health was deteriorating. When Paro, along with her son and other relatives, reached there, they found Yusuf lying unconscious. The letter was forwarded by SP (city) Abhinandan Singh to DM, who asked ADM (city) to look into the matter.ADM said, “It has become a practice that even head constables and sub-inspectors write directly to DM, seeking his permission to exhume a body without bringing the matter to the knowledge of SSP. They rushed him to hospital, but doctors declared him dead on arrival.Police lodged an FIR following the court’s directions on February 7 under section 302 (murder), 420 (cheating) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of IPC against Gulshan and Muskan.On Thursday, investigating officer MM Mishra in a letter to DM sought his permission to exhume Yusuf’s body for postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death..