Death of businessman; wife's plea filed in HC for CBI probe

A plea was today filed in the Delhi High Court by a woman seeking a CBI probe into the death of a 30-year-old businessman-husband who was allegedly abducted and killed by eight policemen here.
The petition, filed by the wife of deceased businessman Manoj Rana, would be taken up for hearing tomorrow by a bench of Justice Mukta Gupta.
Besides seeking transfer of the case from the Crime Branch of Delhi Police to CBI, Rishi Rana, in her plea filed through lawyer Gaurav K Bansal, has also sought a compensation of Rs 10 lakh.
The plea also said that the probe showed "the pathetic and callous attitude" of Delhi Police which, instead of doing a fair investigation, are trying to save the then Station House Officer (SHO) of Bindapur police station.

The woman alleged that on May 26, eight policemen, in a pre-planned conspiracy, had abducted her husband and took him to an undisclosed location.
Police later said Rana was an accused in a recent case of opening fire during a wedding in Uttam Nagar locality here and it had been looking for him since the case was registered, according to Rishi Rana.

The petitioner said the accused policemen were forcing him to confess that he had an illegal weapon which was used by him to open fire in the marriage party.
"As he refused to admit any false claims, that had annoyed the policemen who then beat up to death," she said.

The petition also alleged that prior to the incident, the policemen had came to her house on May 19 and threatened to kill her husband.
"If members of the police force resort to illegal abduction and assassination, the same betrays scant respect for the life and liberty for innocent citizens and at the same time exposes the willingness of others in uniform to lend a helping hand to one who wreaks private vengeance on mere suspicion," the petition said.