SIT formed to probe murder of cricketer Suresh Raina’s kin

CHANDIGARH: Punjab director general of police Dinkar Gupta on Tuesday set up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the attack on relatives of cricketer Suresh Raina.

The SIT was constituted on the orders of chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, who is personally monitoring the case, according to an official release. The SIT is headed by SPS Parmar, IGP Border Range, Amritsar, with SSP Pathankot Gulneet Singh Khurana, SP Investigation Pathankot Prabhjot Singh Virk and DSP Dhar Kalan (Pathankot) Ravinder Singh as members.

Gupta said though initial probe suggests that the attack had the signature of criminals belonging to a de-notified criminal tribe, who are often seen to operate along the Punjab-Himachal border, the SIT has been mandated to examine all possible angles.

Special teams from the organised crime control unit (OCCU) have also been roped in to carry out a 24X7 probe into the case. Inter-state raids are being conducted to hunt out suspects involved in past crimes of similar nature, and more than 35 suspects are under the scanner.

Raina takes to Twitter Earlier, Raina took to social media on Tuesday to share his anguish and urged the Punjab Police to investigate the matter and arrest the culprits.

Tagging CM Amarinder, he tweeted: “What happened to my family in Punjab was beyond horrible. My uncle was slaughtered to death, my bua (paternal aunt) and both my cousins received severe injuries. Unfortunately, my cousin also passed away last night (Monday) after battling for life for days. My bua is still very critical and is on life support (sic).”

What happened to my family was horrible. My uncle was slaughtered and my cousin

died last night.