Click to play videoNew Delhi: The mystery of encounter specialist Rajbir Singh’s death is progressively getting more puzzling.
The case is far from being the open-and-shut case it initially appeared to be, when Rajbir’s friend Vijay Bharadwaj accepted responsibility for killing him with a gun gifted to him by Rajbir himself. CNN-IBN has, in fact, learnt that Rajbir’s revolver was never used at all.
Gurgaon Police, days after Rajbir's killing, confidently declared that the murder weapon was a .32 police revolver lost in a raid last year.
“The weapon used for killing (Rajbir Singh) was the service revolver of Hissar's Additional Superintendent of Police, which he lost during a raid last year,” said Police Commissioner (Gurgaon), Mohinder Lal.
Sources in Gurgaon Police, however, have now told CNN-IBN this claim was wrong. They say the forensic report into Rajbir's death has said that the gun which killed him was not the .32 revolver found at the scene of the murder, but a 9-mm pistol – a gun issued only to senior police officers, above the rank of Station House Officer (SHO).
This revelation raises grave questions about the Rajbir killing:
Property dealer Vijay Bhardwaj has maintained that he killed Rajbir using a .32 revolver given to him by Rajbir himself.
The police, however, have not confirmed yet that Bharadwaj's fingerprints were on the revolver. That has raised further speculations that Rajbir’s murder is being covered up.
The Gurgaon Police have also refused to speak about the matter on camera. Investigating officer Manjit Ahlawat says he is unaware of what the forensic report says. The CBI, which is now handling the probe, has also refused to comment.
With the police refusing to divulge any kind of information, the case of Rajbir Singh’s death seems to be a long way from getting solved.
With inputs from Ranjib Kumar Sarmah
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