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Congress demands CBI probe into 'custodial death' of a Dalit Express News Service Posted: Oct 08, 2008 at 0231 hrs IST Lucknow, October 7 The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to Governor T V Rajeswar Rao demanding CBI probe into the mysterious death of one Ramsajivan Maurya in Rae Bareli district. According to a release issued by the UPCC, Maurya, a Dalit, was taken into police custody on the night of September 27 for allegedly cutting a tree. His body was found outside his house next day. After locals protested against the death, a case was lodged against a few policemen. The release added that accused Arun Kumar Singh, who was then the local SHO, has not yet been arrested. In the memorandum, the Congress said that family members of the deceased have no faith in the state government and so they are demanding a CBI probe into it. Rae Bareli happens to be the parliamentary constituency of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. UPCC chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi also visited Maurya's house in Habatpur village under Bhadokhar police station Tuesday morning on the directives of the Sonia Gandhi. Joshi claimed that the incident is a case of death under police custody.
