Motorcycle accident in Jammu kills CBI officer

Was investigating high profile cases; PDP demands credible investigation

Jammu: A CBI officer was killed when his motorcycle slipped while crossing a speed-breaker in Jammu, an official said on Saturday.
Paloura resident Prashant Sharma, a deputy superintendent of police in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was returning home when the accident occurred during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, the official said.
The accident resulted in Sharma suffering critical head injuries. He was rushed to the Government Medical College, Jammu.
Sharma died while being shifted to a hospital in Punjab for specialised treatment, the official said.
His post-mortem is underway at the Government Medical College, Jammu, and the body will be handed over to his family after legal formalities are completed, he added.
As per report he was investigating high profile cases like police sub-inspector recruitment scam, junior engineer (civil) recruitment scam and Rs 2200 crore (approximate) Kiru hydroelectric power project allotment scam.
The untimely death of the DySP has raised many eyebrows and some Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) after social media posts about his death in a road accident by his friends.
Senior PDP leader Naeem Akhter, wrote, “PDP @jkpdp calls for impartial, time bound and credible investigation. Given the fact that the Late Dy SP has been investigating very crucial cases there should be no room for doubts about circumstances. We express our deepest sympathies with the family of the deceased officer.”