The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh Government on a plea seeking to appoint a central agency or a counter-terrorist agency to investigate the issues relating to the extra-judicial killings in the state.
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The plea was filed by Supreme Court lawyer Anoop Prakash Awasthi.
New Delhi:
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 to fix 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 the charge of the state as chief minister was also sought by the petition.