Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Friday appointed a one-member Commission under retired Supreme Court judge HS Bedi to probe the custodial death of ruling National Conference worker Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah.
The name of 65-year-old Justice Bedi was proposed by the Union Law Ministry to the state government which accepted it.
The Commission will probe the entire circumstances leading to the death of 61-year-old Yusuf during his custody with Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police on September 29.
The Commission has been asked to complete its probe in six weeks, an official spokesman said.
Justice Bedi is a former Chief Justice of Bombay High Court and retired as Supreme Court judge on September five this year.
Yusuf, also known as Haji Yusuf, was arrested for allegedly duping people of money promising them government jobs, MLC seats and ministerial berths, citing his proximity with top NC leadership.
A simultaneous probe into the alleged criminal activity of the deceased will continue with the crime branch, officials said.
His death snowballed into a political controversy after he was summoned by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on September 28 to ascertain whether he was taking money from people on the pretext of getting them ministerial berths.
He along with two others - Salam Reshi and Mohammed Yusuf Bhat - were arrested from the Chief Minister's residence on September 28.
Haji Yusuf died the following day and postmortem reports opined that he had suffered a massive cardio-respiratory failure.
Two people including Bhat and a mimicry artist Aizaz Bhat have already recorded their confessional statements before a magistrate against Haji Yusuf.
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