Dushyant seeks CBI probe into ‘confrontation’ by Hry cops

Chandigarh: Former Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala has approached Punjab and Haryana High Court, alleging a "pre-meditated" armed confrontation by Haryana Police on April 17, and seeking transfer of investigation to CBI or an ‘independent agency' outside the state's jurisdiction.According to the plea, the confrontation occurred in the afternoon near the Auto Market area in Hisar. Chautala, a Y-Plus category protectee, alleges that a white Bolero with tinted windows and sporting a police light suddenly blocked his convoy. The petition adds that five to six men in civilian clothes alighted from the vehicle, and one of them — later identified as a police officer — allegedly brandished a pistol and issued a verbal threat to Chautala's personal security officer (PSO), saying, "You have been saved today, next time I will take aim and shoot."The petition, which is yet to come up for hearing, alleges that the officers involved were seen at a police station earlier that day and knew of Chautala's route. It claims that a family member of Chautala was being "falsely implicated" in a separate FIR regarding an incident on April 7 to pressure him into withdrawing his complaint.