Court directs fresh post-mortem of Anandpal

A local court today directed police to conduct a fresh post-mortem of slain gangster Anandpal Singh.

The direction was issued by the Additional District court-Ratangarh, advocate AP Singh said.

"As per the Supreme Court's guideline, the post-mortem has to be done at a district hospital but the hospital at Ratangarh town where the post-mortem was conducted was not a district hospital. Therefore, we are now shifting the body to Churu district hospital for fresh post-mortem," Kesar Singh Skekhawat, Additional SP, Churu, told PTI.

Anandpal was killed in a police encounter last Saturday in Malasar village of Churu district.

A large number of his relatives and Rajput community members have gathered at his hometown in Sanvrad in Nagaur district and have demanded a fresh post-mortem.
 

Rajput community leaders have also demanded a CBI inquiry in the encounter.