A Delhi court on Saturday issued directions for DNA analysis of blood found on the lathis (sticks) in Tihar jail, to check whether it belonged to gangster Ankit Gujjar, who was murdered in custody on August 4 last year.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Anjali Mahajan at the Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi passed the order after CBI told the court that seven polycarbonate sticks have been recovered from jail number three in Tihar prison, with two of them having blood stains.
The national agency said there was an apprehension that these blood stains could belong to the 29-year-old slain gangster.
After perusing the charge sheet and attached documents filed by CBI, which is probing the murder of Ankit Gurjar, the court observed that there was sufficient evidence to prove the charge.
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A case was registered against six people in the murder case of Ankit, including former Deputy Superintendent of Tihar Jail III Narendra Meena, along with jail staff Ram Avtar Meena, Dinesh Chikara, Harphool Meena, Vinod Kumar Meena and Deepak Dabas.
The case was registered against these six accused only on the orders of the court and the investigation was handed over to CBI.
In its charge sheet filed before the court, the national agency alleged that the accused kicked and brutally beat up Ankit and two other inmates, namely Gurjeet and Gurpreet, with polycarbonate lathis.
Ankit was arrested in connection with several cases registered against him on murder charges.