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

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 the Mansa Devi Complex, District Panchkula, Haryana.

Following a notification from the Department of Personnel and Training, the CBI registered the case against Mr. Mustafa, Ms. Sultana, the sister, and the wife of the deceased, said the agency.

As reported earlier, Aqil died due to a suspected drug overdose. “It is clearly [a] case of foul play. In view of his prior video statement and the serious allegations made therein, the cause of death requires a thorough, fair, and impartial investigation,” said the complainant in the FIR registered by the State police.

While referring to the matters pertaining to the family, he had said in the video that he was going through a lot of stress and mental trauma because of this.

“I feel they will frame me in a false case... Their plan is to have me falsely imprisoned or even killed, but they are unable to have their way,” he alleged in the video. He also alleged that his family members often told him that he was delusional and was hallucinating. “They are trying to establish a false narrative,” he alleged.