Chhattisgarh minister’s relative discovered lifeless close to rail tracks; BJP seeks probe
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By PTI
BILASPUR: Chhattisgarh minister TS Singh Deo’s relative Veerbhadra Pratap Singh (42), a Janpad panchayat consultant, was discovered lifeless close to railway tracks in Bilaspur district on Friday with police suspecting he may need fallen off by chance from the Durg-Ambikapur Express prepare through which he was travelling.
The physique of Singh (42), vice-president of the Lundra Janpad Panchayat in Surguja district, was discovered close to tracks between Salka and Belgahna railway stations beneath Kota police station space within the morning, police mentioned.
Singh alias Sachin Baba, a relative of state’s Health Minister TS Singh Deo, belonged to the Dhaulpur unit of the erstwhile Surguja royal household.
The physique was noticed by railway personnel who then knowledgeable the police, mentioned Parul Mathur, Bilaspur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP).
After figuring out the physique, his members of the family had been knowledgeable and a forensic staff was despatched to the spot for investigation, she mentioned.
“He was travelling to Ambikapur from Raipur by Durg-Ambikapur Express on Thursday night and prima facie it seems he fell accidentally from the moving train and died of injuries,” Mathur mentioned, including additional investigation was underway.
The physique was handed over to his family after postmortem, she added.
Meanwhile, the opposition BJP claimed Singh’s dying occurred beneath suspicious circumstances and demanded a judicial probe into the incident.
“Sachin (as he was known), who was a close relative of minister Singh Deo, was arrested last year in connection with the alleged attack on the convoy of Congress MLA Brihaspat Singh (in July 2021). In the present circumstances it does not seem to be a normal incident and it could also be a political murder,” senior BJP MLA Ajay Chandrakar mentioned.
He demanded that Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel get the incident probed by a sitting choose of the High Court.
“After the alleged attack on his convoy, Brihaspat Singh had claimed he had received a threat to his life from Singh Deo. The minister had walked out of the state Assembly (during last year’s monsoon session) disputing the (Congress) MLA’s claims. In such a situation, the matter requires a high-level inquiry,” Chandrakar mentioned.
BILASPUR: Chhattisgarh minister TS Singh Deo’s relative Veerbhadra Pratap Singh (42), a Janpad panchayat consultant, was discovered lifeless close to railway tracks in Bilaspur district on Friday with police suspecting he may need fallen off by chance from the Durg-Ambikapur Express prepare through which he was travelling.
The physique of Singh (42), vice-president of the Lundra Janpad Panchayat in Surguja district, was discovered close to tracks between Salka and Belgahna railway stations beneath Kota police station space within the morning, police mentioned.
Singh alias Sachin Baba, a relative of state’s Health Minister TS Singh Deo, belonged to the Dhaulpur unit of the erstwhile Surguja royal household.
The physique was noticed by railway personnel who then knowledgeable the police, mentioned Parul Mathur, Bilaspur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP).
After figuring out the physique, his members of the family had been knowledgeable and a forensic staff was despatched to the spot for investigation, she mentioned.
“He was travelling to Ambikapur from Raipur by Durg-Ambikapur Express on Thursday night and prima facie it seems he fell accidentally from the moving train and died of injuries,” Mathur mentioned, including additional investigation was underway.
The physique was handed over to his family after postmortem, she added.
Meanwhile, the opposition BJP claimed Singh’s dying occurred beneath suspicious circumstances and demanded a judicial probe into the incident.
“Sachin (as he was known), who was a close relative of minister Singh Deo, was arrested last year in connection with the alleged attack on the convoy of Congress MLA Brihaspat Singh (in July 2021). In the present circumstances it does not seem to be a normal incident and it could also be a political murder,” senior BJP MLA Ajay Chandrakar mentioned.
He demanded that Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel get the incident probed by a sitting choose of the High Court.
“After the alleged attack on his convoy, Brihaspat Singh had claimed he had received a threat to his life from Singh Deo. The minister had walked out of the state Assembly (during last year’s monsoon session) disputing the (Congress) MLA’s claims. In such a situation, the matter requires a high-level inquiry,” Chandrakar mentioned.
