Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday ordered a high level probe into the death of 21-year old Shyam Narayan Bhardwaj alias Siku Raj in a private nursing home after he was thrashed allegedly by BSF personnel and Kishanganj police a week ago.

The chief minister spoke to the Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and Director General of Police P K Thakur to find out all the facts leading to the death of Siku. He said a senior IAS offier and an IPS officer from the police headquarters have been entrusted with the responsibility to investigate the matter.

Nitish said that as of now it would not be appropriate for him to give any state-ment on the issue.

The FIR lodged by Siku’s father Amrendra Narayan Bharadwaj said that he was thrashed allegedly by some policemen in Kishanganj hours after BSF authorities had handed him over to the police for taking him to hospital after he had fainted during fitness test for recruitment.

According to the FIR the policemen instead of taking him to hospital had allegedly thrashed him before dumping him at Kishanganj railway station where a woman had given him Rs 30 to take a train to Patna.