Rudrapur: PAC recruit dies under suspicious circumstances at 46th Battalion on Diwali; family questions injury marks and seeks CBI probe, Pantnagar police investigating

A recruit undergoing training at the 46th Battalion PAC in Rudrapur died under suspicious circumstances on Diwali, Sunday (November 8). According to Amar Ujala and Dainik Bhaskar, his body was found on the PAC campus on Sunday morning. He was from Haridwar district and had been training there for about six months; because of the training he could not go home for Diwali. According to Dainik Jagran, it is being said that a piece of a utensil kept above a firecracker shot through his body at high speed when the cracker burst, but the family says the hole in the body and the injury marks do not match this explanation. According to Amar Ujala, the family has said there are marks of injuries from a sharp weapon on the body. The family has demanded a fair inquiry, an inspection of the spot and a CBI probe; they say they have no personal complaint against the police. Pantnagar police have prepared the inquest report, sent the body for postmortem and are questioning fellow trainees. Police say the exact cause of death will be known only after the postmortem report and the investigation.