LUCKNOW: The family of Sultanpur resident, Shivank Pathak, 32, who died under mysterious circumstances in Delhi, will move high court to seek registration of a murder FIR.
This followed dismissal of their petition by a local court.
The family has preserved Shivank’s body in a deep freezer at their Sultanpur house after bringing Shivank’s body from Delhi on August 1. The family claims Delhi Police too refused to lodge a murder FIR based on their complaint.
On Friday, BJP MLA from Sultanpur, Surya Bhan Singh, visited the Pathak home and promised to write to chief minister Yogi Adityanath for conducting an autopsy on the body and registration of FIR.
Shivank’s father, Shiv Prasad, a retired soldier, claimed his son telephoned him just days before his death to inform he could be murdered or implicated in a criminal case.
“Until a case is registered, I will not perform the last rites of my son. Till then his body will be preserved in a deep freezer,” he said. Shivank’s brother, Eshank, said they will again approach joint commissioner of police with a plea to register an FIR.
