LUDHIANA, July 14 -- Traffic across Ludhiana remained disrupted for nearly six hours on Monday after Nihang organisations blocked Ludhiana-Ferozepur Road outside the office of police commissioner Swapan Sharma, demanding a CBI probe into the 2023 death of Raghbir Singh.

The protesters alleged police inaction in the case and rejected the findings of the investigation, maintaining that the 28-year-old gatka player, a traditional martial art associated with Sikhism, was murdered.

The victim's father, Jagjit Singh, has demanded that the case be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), claiming the circumstances surrounding his death pointed to foul play despite the autopsy report concluding that it was a natural death.

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