nAfter suspending two cops, including a lady sub inspector, and terminating a home guard, a judicial probe has been ordered into suspicious death of one Harishchandra Maravi, who was found hanging at an excise control room on Wednesday.
District Collector, Kabirdham, Avanish Sharan informed The Pioneer that as per report of the District Excise Officer, Kawardha prima facie dereliction of duty was found and hence the action had been taken against the cops. Avanish further informed that two cops, including a sub inspector Leena Singh, had been suspended and a home guard had been terminated.
He further informed that “a judicial probe has also been ordered apart from departmental enquiry by excise department and Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Kawardha would be probing into the matter”.
Notable, Harishchandra was found hanging from the ceiling in the bathroom of the control room of excise department on Wednesday morning, where he was under custody for interrogation.
Harishchandra was accused of being a liquor peddler and was arrested by the excise cops on Tuesday with 33 quarter bottles of liquor in his possession.