New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) The Tihar jail authorities were directed today by a Delhi court to ensure the safety and security of seven Uttarakhand police officials, held for their alleged roles in the July 2009 killing of a 22-year-old MBA student near Dehradun. Special Judge V K Maheshwari ordered the jail authorities to ensure the safety of policemen on a plea by them fearing that they might be attacked by other prison inmates either inside the jail or while being ferried to the court. "Concerned superintendents of jail are directed to look into the matter and take all measures for their safety in the jail and provide them a separate van for ferrying them between court and jail as per rule," the court said. The court has fixed the matter for framing of charges against the 18 accused on June 2. The court had earlier sent seven police officials -- Inspector Santosh Kumar Jaiswal and sub-inspectors Gopal Dutt Bhatt, Niraj Yadav, Chandra Mohan Singh Rawat, Rajesh Bisht, Nitin Chauhan and Ajit Singh -- to Tihar Jail after they appeared before it following the issuance of non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against them. Besides the seven police officials, there are 11 accused in the case. MBA student Ranbir was gunned down allegedly by Uttarakhand Police on July 3, 2009. Ranbir, a native of Merrut, had gone to Dehradun in search of a job when the police personnel of Dalanwala police station had allegedly pumped 29 bullets into him from close range on July 2, 2009, after branding him as a robber.
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