Cop’s death: SIT gets 45-day extension

SHILLONG: A city court has extended the time-frame for the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the death of police official PJ Marbaniang by another 45 days.
Informing this here on Thursday, Vivek Syiem, SP (city), who is heading the probe team, said that the SIT would re-examine those who had already appeared before it.
The SIT had sent the laptop and mobiles belonging to the slain officer to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL). “We are awaiting the FSL report,” he said.
It is learnt that more than fifty people have been examined so far by the SIT.  Though prima facie it was presumed to be a suicide case, discrepancies in the medical and post-mortem reports and the version of the doctor prompted the State Government to set up a SIT after registering a murder case.
Marbaniang’s body was found with bullet wounds on his head on the night of January 24 less than 24 hours after he had detained 32 coal-laden trucks which were illegally transporting coal.