Pauri District Magistrate Chandra Sekhar Bhatt has transferred the murder case of RTI activist Gajpal Singh to regular police from revenue police on Thursday and the order of the transfer of murder case is said to have been received by the office of the Superintendent of Police.
The family members of the deceased had requested the district administration to transfer the case from revenue police to regular police on Tuesday, while the Sub District Magistrate had already written for the transfer of case about a week ago. Now with the investigation of the murder being transferred to the regular police Superintendent of Police Ajay Joshi has appointed investigating officer to probe the murder case.
The missing report of RTI Activist Gajpal Singh (65 years), resident of village Kandola in Pauri Tehsil, was lodged with revenue police on August 4 and his body was recovered by the revenue police on August 8 in the forest of Pandali as concealed beneath grass and other materials.Alam Singh, son of the deceased alleged that despite the name of the suspect being given to the revenue police, the revenue Sub Inspector(Patwari) has not taken the suspect into custody for inquiry. The bank account and the call details of the suspect may help the investigation considerably, but the revenue police were not interested, he alleged. Hence our demand for the transfer, he added.
Sub District Magistrate Pl Shah told The Pioneer that no report has been lodged by the deceased’s family members against any one regarding the murder. Only the missing report was lodged by them, he said. On this report the search team was constituted and the revenue police found the body of RTI activist in the forest of Pandali. Shah said that suo motto case was registered under section 302, 201 Indian Penal Code.