CBI REGISTERS FIR IN AQIL AKHTER MURDER CASE
Inder Vashisth
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR on 06.11.2025 in the Aqil Akhter murder case against Father of the deceased (former DGP, Punjab), Mother of the deceased (former PWD Minister, Punjab), Wife of the deceased and Sister of the deceased.
The FIR was registered on the allegations that Aqil Akhter son of Mohammad Mustafa, former DGP Punjab, and Razia Sultana, former PWD Minister, Punjab, and presently residing at Sector 4, near Mansa Devi Mandir, Panchkula, had died under suspicious circumstances on 16.10.2025. There was simmering discontent between the deceased and his family. On 27th August, Aqil Akhter had publicly posted a video on social media wherein he stated that he had discovered illicit relations between his father and his own wife, and further mentioned that his entire family, including his mother and sister, were conspiring to kill him or to implicate him in a false case.
Earlier, the State Govt. of Haryana had transferred the investigation of FIR No. 131 dated 20.10.2025 registered at PS Mansa Devi Complex, District Panchkula, Haryana in connection with murder of Aqil Akhter, to the CBI.
The CBI has registered the case U/s 103(1) and 61 of BNS, 2023 and taken over the investigation.