Srinagar: A man allegedly died in police custody in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, prompting the Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday to order a probe by a sitting High Court judge into the matter.
55-year-old Syed Mohammad Yousuf, a resident of Bijbehara in Anantnag, allegedly died in custody of JK police's Crime Branch here Thursday night, official sources said.
The deceased and two other persons - National Conference workers Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul - were picked up by Crime Branch sleuths on Thursday after a complaint that a police officer in Chief Minister's security - Shabir Ahmad - was allegedly involved in taking bribe for favours.
The officer has been shifted from Chief Minister's security and posted as Deputy Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) in Kulgam district of South Kashmir.
However, police termed his transfer as a routine matter.
The body of the deceased has been taken to police hospital and a medical board will be constituted to conduct a postmortem which will in the inquiry.
The relatives of deceased protested here demanding that the body be handed over to them and culprits responsible for his death be arrested.
The state government ordered a probe by a sitting High Court Judge into the circumstances leading to Yousuf's death.
"The Chief Minister has asked the Chief Justice of the state High Court to appoint a sitting judge to probe the circumstances leading to Yousuf's death," an official spokesman said.
Opposition PDP leader Muzaffar Hussain Beig, however, demanded that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and MoS Home Nasir Aslam Wani should "step aside" till the inquiry is completed.
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