Gurdaspur teen's kin seek autopsy by special board

Gurdaspur/Chandigarh: The family of 19-year-old Ranjit Singh, shot dead in an alleged police encounter on Wednesday in connection with the murder of two cops, has moved court seeking a special medical board to conduct a fresh postmortem, report Yudhvir Rana & Navjeevan Gopal."We have filed a petition requesting Gurdaspur district court to appoint a seven-member board of doctors for a videographed postmortem. Only then will we accept the body and cremate him," said Harwinder Singh, deceased's uncle. According to police, Ranjit fled from custody, fired at cops and was killed in retaliation. Police reiterated that ASI Gurnam Singh and home guard Ashok Kumar were killed as part of an ISI plot, and fugitive accused, Inderjit Singh, 'recruited' Ranjit and Dilawar Singh to kill the cops.

Dilawar is in police custody.