Punjab Police Forms SIT To Probe Gruesome Attack Which Left Cricketer Suresh Raina's Uncle, Cousin Died

After pulling out from the thirteenth edition of the IPL citing personal reasons, Raina urged the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and the state establishment to undertake a proper investigation into the barbaric attack by a notorious gang on his aunt’s family near Pathankot which left his uncle and cousin died.

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The Punjab Police on Tuesday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the gruesome attack on relatives of cricketer Suresh Raina. The SIT formed to investigate into the matter is being 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 forming part of the probe team, Punjab Police DGP apprised of the same. Border Range IG SPS Parmar said that the Special Investigation Team has commenced its investigation into the incident. After pulling out from the thirteenth edition of the IPL citing personal reasons, Raina urged the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and the state establishment to undertake a proper investigation into the barbaric attack by a notorious gang on his aunt’s family near Pathankot which left his uncle and cousin died.

What happened to my family is Punjab was beyond horrible. My uncle was slaughtered to death, my bua & both my cousins had sever injuries. Unfortunately my cousin also passed away last night after battling for life for days. My bua is still very very critical & is on life support.

— Suresh Raina???????? (@ImRaina) September 1, 2020

Inspector General of Police (Border Range) SPS Parmar while exclusively speaking to ABP Sanjha said that he himself had gone down to the site of the crime twice before the SIT was constituted to investigate into the incident. As per the initial investigations carried out in this incident, the SIT has gathered evidence that points out at a robbery carried out at cricketer Suresh Raina's relative house. However, the SIT is probing the incident from all possible angles to get to the depth of the matter. Parmar said that he did not want to make any specific comments on the 35 suspects who could possibly have links on carrying out the dastardly attack on Raina's relatives as earlier reported by Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta. He added that what the Punjab DGP said was true but he cannot could not say much on the subject. Parmar told ABP Sanjha that the Punjab Police has not made any arrests yet in the case so far."It's a blind murder," he said. Hence, a serious investigation is underway to probe the matter in totality. However, IG Border Range added that it was not a time bound investigation, hence the police would soon reach a definitive conclusion and the accused behind the criminal activity would be arrested. A horrific attack on cricketer Suresh Raina's family left his uncle Ashok Kumar dead on the spot while his son Kaushal succumbed to his injuries on Monday. Three other family members inflicted critical injuries, including Ashok Kumar's wife, Asha Rani, who is reported to be in critical condition. Initial investigations into the attack have indicated that the crime bore the signature of criminals belonging to a de-notified criminal tribe, who have been witnessed operating along the Punjab-Himachal border, the SIT has been mandated to examine all possible angles, according to DGP Dinkar Gupta. Specialised teams from Organised Crime Control Unit 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. A few persons from Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have been identified as suspicious and their mobile numbers and whereabouts are being located.