Jammu cremation site deaths: Covid victim’s son calls probe eyewash

JAMMU :A day after district commissioner Sushma Chauhan ordered a magisterial investigation into the deaths of kin of a Covid-19 victim during his cremation near Tawi riverbed, the latter’s son has termed the probe an eyewash.

“The administration has appointed the same additional district commissioner (ADC), who was deputed for the cremation of my father, where my two cousins died. So, how can this probe be fair? The deaths of my cousins are administrative murders,” the 32-year-old said.

He said one of his deceased cousins, Vimal Zadoo (38), is survived by his wife and two daughters and the other, Vipin Zadoo (35), was unmarried, but had a 75-year-old father to look after.

The ADC has been asked to submit his report by June 22.

CONG FOR JUDICIAL PROBE, GOVT JOB TO KIN

Terming it administration’s failure, the J&K Congress on Friday staged a protest demanding judicial probe into the deaths of the two Kashmiri Pandit men, besides government jobs for the deceased’s kin. HTC