Plea in SC for CBI or NIA probe into killing of 3 inmates in UP's Chitrakoot jail

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court asking the court to order a CBI or NIA investigation into the alleged killing of three under-trial prisoners in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district jail.

A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction for a CBI or NIA probe, supervised by the top court, into the alleged killing of three under-trial prisoners in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot district jail. The plea filed by Supreme Court lawyer Anoop Prakash Awasthi has also sought fixing accountability and taking appropriate action against those found responsible. Direction for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into all extrajudicial killings that took place since March 18, 2017, in Uttar Pradesh after Yogi Adityanath took over charge of the state as chief minister was also sought by the petition. On May 14, three under trial prisoners, including a member of BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari's group, were shot dead inside the Chitrakoot district jail after which the Uttar Pradesh government suspended two jail officials, police had said.