Two police officers suspended, Ex-Namchi SP show caused in student leader death case
Gangtok (PTI): The Sikkim government has suspended two police officers and show caused former Superintendent of Police of Namchi in student leader Padam Gurung death case earlier this year, a top official said.
Acting on the recommendations of Justice N K Verma commission report, the state government has suspended former Namchi SHO Dawa Lhamu Pakhrin and Sub-Inspector Siddharth Subba as their role during the preliminary probe into Gurung's death case has come under scanner, Chief Secretary V B Pathak told reporters here on Thursday.
He said that the former Namchi SP Manish Kumar Verma has been show caused for inept supervision of the case.
Gurung, a 23-year-old student leader, was found dead in a drain on June 28 in the Kazitar area of Namchi a day after he had gone missing.
The state government had set up the Jain Commission to probe the death of the student leader.
The Jain Commission report has said that Gurung's death was "accidental".
The former Sikkim High Court Chief Justice had submitted his report on the Gurung death case to Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang on Wednesday.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
