Srinagar, July 18: National Conference chief Omar Abdullah today sought a CBI or judicial probe into the mysterious death of leading Kashmiri singer Gulam Nabi Sheikh whose body was found near a railway station in Punjab. Abdullah made this demand in a letter to Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh.

Sheikh, a programme executive with Prasar Bharti's Radio Kashmir, had gone missing on Monday while on board the Shalimar Express from Jammu to New Delhi.
The body of the 50-year old singer was found near the railway tracks, two kms away from the Mookeria Railway Station.

Bureau Report