Chandigarh, March 5 -- The Punjab-Haryana High Court has summoned the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP), after taking suo-moto cognisance in the case involving a 19-year-old boy, named Ranjit Singh, who was allegedly killed in an encounter in Gurdaspur on February 23.

Singh was arrested in connection with the murder of ASI Gurnam Singh and Home Guard Ashok Kumar. According to police, while he was being brought to the station, the police van flipped, following which he ran away with a bike and revolver. He was soon caught by the police but managed to flee again, and the police encountered him.

The victim's family has filed a petition in the High Court against the allegedly "fake encounter," arguing for his innocence, stating that t...