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CBI registers FIR against ex-Punjab DGP, his wife in connection with their son’s death

CBI registers FIR against ex-Punjab DGP, his wife in connection with their son’s death

Punjab Cabinet Minister Razia Sultana. | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday (November 6, 2025) registered a case to probe the alleged murder of Aqil Akhter, son of former Punjab Director-General of Police (DGP) Mohammad Mustafa. “The FIR was registered on the allegations that Aqil Akhter, son of Mohammad Mustafa, former DGP Punjab, and Razia Sultana, former PWD Minister, Punjab, and presently residing at Sector 4, near Mansa Devi Mandir, Panchkula, had died under suspicious circumstances on October 16, 2025,” said the CBI. According to the agency, there was simmering discontent between Aqil Akhter and his family. On August 27, he had posted a video on social media wherein he purportedly stated that “he had discovered illicit relations between his father and his own wife, and further mentioned that his entire family, including his mother and sister, were conspiring to kill him or to implicate him in a false case”. The Haryana government requested the Centre to hand over the probe to the CBI. The case was earlier registered at …

CBI court convicts 2 ex-Punjab police officers in 33-year-old fake encounter case | Chandigarh News

CBI court convicts 2 ex-Punjab police officers in 33-year-old fake encounter case | Chandigarh News

The special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Monday convicted two former Punjab Police officers in a 33-year-old fake encounter case. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on March 6. The court also acquitted five persons while four accused died during the trial. CBI’s Public Prosecutor Anmol Narang said that accused Sita Ram, 80, was convicted of committing offence under sections 302 (murder), 201 (destruction of evidence) and 218 (public servant framing incorrect record or writing with intent to save person from punishment or property) of the IPC, and Rajpal, 57, was convicted of offence committed under sections 201 (destruction of evidence) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC by the court of Special CBI Judge Rakesh Gupta. The CBI had conducted investigation in this case on the basis of orders of the Supreme Court passed in 1995. Initially, the CBI conducted a preliminary inquiry and recorded statement of one Gian Singh on November 27, 1996. In February 1997, a regular case under sections 364 (kidnapping), 34 (acts done by several …

Ex-Punjab CM Charanjit Channi calls Poonch attack ‘pre-planned stuntbaazi’; draws link to LS polls | Latest News India

Former chief minister of Punjab and Congress’ Jalandhar candidate Charanjit Singh Channi alleged that the terrorist attack on the Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir was “pre-planned”, calling it a stunt by the BJP government to win the ongoing Lok Sabha election. Former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi. (ANI) The Congress leader said, “This is stuntbaazi. And not the (terror) attacks. When elections come, such stunts are done to make the BJP win. These are pre-planned attacks, there is no truth in them…” Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Attacking the central government, Channi alleged, “To kill people and to play with their bodies….BJP knows it…” Notably, the Opposition had alleged in 2019 that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) used the Pulwama attack, where 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives, to win the general elections that year. The Congress party had also raised a question on the legitimacy of the airstrikes conducted in Pakistan’s Balakot. Union minister …

America’s Got Talent-fame 7 feet 6 inches ex-Punjab cop arrested with heroin | Latest News India

In 2019, Jagdeep Singh, a former Punjab Police constable, got into the limelight with his entry into the reality TV show America’s Got Talent. On Friday, he was again in the local news but for a wrong reason – 7 feet 6 inches Jagdeep Singh was among three arrested with 500 grams of heroin, police said. Jagdeep Singh had taken premature retirement from the police department. Heroin was recovered from Jagdeep Singh’s SUV in Tarn Taran district, a senior police official told news agency PTI. Jagdeep alias Deep Singh and two others were reportedly arrested by the state special operation cell of the Punjab Police. Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on Facebook. Join Now Jagdeep, said to be the tallest Sikh in the world at 7 feet 6 inches, was part of the Bir Khalsa group which performed daredevil acts and ‘gatka’, a traditional Sikh martial art, PTI reported. In one of their acts on America’s Got Talent in 2019, Jagdeep laid on the ground with coconuts and watermelons around him while …