Chandigarh, Oct. 24 -- Seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the criminal case registered against former Punjab director general of police (human rights) Mohammad Mustafa, his wife and former state minister in the Congress government Razia Sultana and others for their alleged involvement in the death of their son Aqil Akhtar, the Haryana government on Wednesday made a reference to the Central government to request the federal agency to take over the case.

A first information report (FIR) was registered in Panchkula on October 20 against Mustafa, a retired 1985-batch IPS officer, Sultana, their daughter and daughter-in-law under Sections 103(1) (murder) and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

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