Bareilly: Soon after taking charge of office, additional district magistrate (city) Mahendra Kumar on Thursday said “before exhuming bodies for investigation, senior superintendent of police Muniraj G will have to give a written assurance in advance stating that there is no threat to law and order situation”.ADM’s instructions came after a matter was brought to his knowledge in which the investigation officer had written a letter to district magistrate VK Singh, seeking his permission to exhume a body.Paro, a resident of Bankhana, has lodged a police complaint stating that she had rented out her house in Saidpur Hakins to Gulshan and her daughter Muskan. 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. 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. 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. 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

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