However, Singh's father claimed that his son was innocent. "There is no criminal record against my son and he was killed in a fake encounter because police officials want (gallantry) medals," he told reporters soon after the postmortem.
The top officials of district police, on the other hand, defended the encounter and said the bike used by the youths was stolen from Haryana. The claimed the three boys were asked to stop by G D Bhatt, a Sub-Inspector, at Dalanwala area. When the police searched their bag, a weapon was found in it.
However, the youths overpowered Bhatt, snatched his revolver and fled. When Bhatt flashed a message over the wireless, the boys were intercepted at another place and there was an encounter in which Singh was killed, they said.