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The Jammu and Kashmir government has rubbished allegations by the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party about the death of a worker of the ruling National Conference allegedly in police custody.
PDP has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Minister of State for Home Nasir Aslam Wani so that the "judicial probe can proceed impartially'.
NC member Sayeed Mohammad Yusuf, had been detained by the Crime Branch of the state police along with two other party activists following complaints of corruption.
The two activists had alleged that they had paid money to Sayeed for a ministerial birth and a legislator's job.
Sayeed's family alleges that he had been summoned by the Chief Minister's Office, after which he was handed over to the Crime Branch.
Sayeed allegedly died in the custody of the Crime Branch.
The state government has announced a judicial probe in the incident by a sitting high court judge.
An official statement said, "In order to allay all apprehensions and in order to ensure an impartial investigation, the government has decided to request the chief justice of the state high court to nominate a sitting judge to conduct a judicial enquiry into the immediate circumstances leading to the death of Sayeed Mohammad."
The spokesman added that "the state government and the chief minister are committed to a transparent, credible investigation of the incident and that is why a judicial probe by a judge of the high court has been ordered to unravel the truth".