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HC rebukes Maharashtra police over custodial death: This is a cold-blooded murder , life has become cheap, said a division bench of Justice Bilal Nazki and Justice A R Joshi, while coming down heavily on the police over the custodial death of Altaf Shaikh.... Read Full

Mumbai: The Mumbai High Court Friday ordered a CBI probe into the custodial death of 22-year-old Vikhroli resident Altaf Sheikh and suspended three Ghatkopar police officers till the investigation gets over.

The court had termed the youth's death as a "cold-blooded murder''. "Prima facie, we feel it is a case of death due to torture", stated a division bench of Justice Bilal Nazki and Justice A R Joshi, refusing to accept the police's claim that Altaf died of drug overdose.

Altaf was picked up by the Ghatkopar police from his home at Parksite in Vikhroli around 4 am on September 11, in connection with a break-in case. Around 10 am, Altaf was sent to Rajawadi Hospital where he was declared dead; the police insisted that he died of drug overdose. Later, Altaf's mother, Mehrunisa moved the high court, alleging a custodial killing by the Ghatkopar police. She has demanded a probe into the case and a compensation of Rs 25 lakh.

The police in its reply stated that Altaf had consumed six intoxicating tablets, and "could barely stand". "It is the drug overdose that killed him."

The court, however, said the police report was at odds with the autopsy result of the deceased, Altaf Shaikh from Vikhroli. During the last hearing, the judges said based on the autopsy report, Altaf's death looked like a murder in custody.

The court asked the CBI to register an offence of murder, causing grievous hurt and destruction of evidence against three officers of Ghatkopar police station, SI Sanjay Khedekar, head constable Raghunath Kolekar and constable Sanjay Thombre.

The HC has also directed the agency to register an offence against the nayab tehsildar who drew the inquest panchnama. The CBI has been given a free hand to probe the case and has also been given the liberty to approach the HC if they need permission to exhume Altaf's body.

Meanwhile, the state government said they would be challenging the court's verdict. "We will immediately file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the HC verdict,'' said public prosecutor P A Pol.

The court also rejected the state's plea to stay the HC order to give it time to approach the apex court.

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