India, June 23 -- A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the constitution of an independent expert committee under the chairmanship of a former apex court judge to inquire into the alleged "extra-judicial killing" of Bharat Bhushan Tiwari in a police encounter in Bihar.

The plea has also sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), claiming the case warrants a prompt, independent and impartial investigation.

The killing of Tiwari, a resident of Bilauti village in Bihar's Bhojpur district, on June 17, has triggered a row with his family, claiming that he had surrendered and discarded his weapon before being fatally shot by the police. The Bihar Government had on Saturday announced a judicial inquiry into the i...