Raje govt agrees to CBI probe into gangster’s killing

JAIPUR: Ahead of BJP president Amit Shah’s three-day Rajasthan visit, the state government appeared to be bending backwards to placate the Raj puts who threatened to launch an agitation over gangster Anandpal Singh’s police encounter.

On Tuesday, the Raje government agreed to a seven-point demand, including CBI investigation, into the police encounter and subsequent violence that left a Rajput man dead.

Shah will be in Jaipur from July 21 to 23.

The Rajputs, following the agreement with the government, have called off their Jaipur March scheduled for July 22.

The move is a major climbdown for the state government as only a few days ago, state home minister Gulab Chand Kataria had asked, “How can I order CBI probe against the force that I head?”

On Tuesday, he said the U-turn was due to the situation developing in the state.

“After a meeting with government negotiators (Kataria, rural development minister Rajendra Rathore and state BJP president Ashok Parnami), we have reached agreement on seven points, so we are calling off the agitation for now,” Rajput Sabha president Giriraj Singh Lotwara told reporters.