On Nuh murder, Congress's demands for Haryana govt: 'Judicial probe, ₹5 crore for slain cop's kin...'

The party's senior leader from the state, Randeep Singh Surjewala, who put out these demands, described the police officer's murder by the mining mafia as an example of ‘fearless jungle raj’.

The Congress on Tuesday came out with a list of three demands for the Haryana government over the mowing down of a senior police officer by the mining mafia in the state's Nuh district.

Haryana Police DSP Surender Singh, who died while trying to stop a dump truck allegedly involved in illegal mining, run over (Haryana Police)

“We have the following demands: a judicial probe under the supervision of the chief justice or a sitting judge of the high court, and that the mafia-white collar nexus be exposed within 30 days; arrests of the real mining mafia and not just their small-time workers on the ground; and a compensation of ₹5 crore and job for the slain DSP's kin,” Randeep Singh Surjewala, the Congress's senior leader from Haryana, said in a Twitter post.

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has already announced financial compensation for DSP Surender Singh's family and job for one member of the victim's family. However, the amount announced by Khattar stood at ₹1 crore.

Meanwhile, in another tweet, Surjewala said that the murder exposed the nexus between Haryana's BJP-JJP government and the mining mafia.

Deputy Superintendent in the Haryana Police, Surender Singh Bishnoi, was mowed down a little after 12 noon on Tuesday, when he reached the spot for a ‘surprise check’ after receiving information that illegal mining was being carried out.

However, while a senior officer said that DSP Singh did not have any back-up when he went to carry out the raid, Haryana home minister Anil Vij said that an ‘entire police team’ went to carry out the operation.

The DSP, who succumbed to his injuries on the spot, was due to retire in four months. He had two children, his young brother told media.