Synopsis: The probe by the fact-finding team, comprising social and civil rights activists K Khalida Parveen, Sarah Mathews, Majid Shuttari, Advocate Sameer Ali, Mohammad Abdul Taj, and Shaikh Sikandar, revealed shocking details, which warrant a detailed investigation.

An independent fact-finding team of advocates, citizens and concerned residents has demanded a CBI probe into the death of Shaik Riyaz, 28, who was reportedly killed in a police shooting on 20 October.

It also sought a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team, pending the investigation by the central probe agency.

The factfinders claimed that Riyaz — accused of murdering a police constable on 17 October — was shot dead in a “staged encounter” in police custody, before shifting the body to the Government Gene

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