India, March 4 -- A Delhi court has framed murder charges against six former Tihar Jail officials, including Narender Meena, the then deputy superintendent of jail, for the alleged brutal assault and murder of gangster Ankit Gujjar inside the jail in August 2021 for "failing to yield to their extortion demands".

The city court even questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for dropping the "murder" charge under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in its investigation report, which only found the officials guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under section 304(II) of the IPC.

The order passed by special judge Sanjay Jindal on Monday said it was clear that Gujjar was subjected to "extortion by the accused ...