Chandigarh, March 7 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday sought response from the Punjab government on a plea from the mother of Ranjit Singh, killed in an encounter in Gurdaspur on February 25, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.

The petition was taken up by the bench of justice JS Bedi after a special request from her lawyers for urgent hearing. The bench issued a notice of motion seeking a government response by May 25. In the plea, Ranjit's mother Sukhjinder Kaur also sought directions to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) under the supervision of a sitting or retired judge, having all judicial members.

"..there exists strong apprehension that the deceased died during illegal custodial inter...