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The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued notice to two accused in the Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey death case on a petition seeking a CBI probe and fixed May 22 for hearing in the matter.The ruling was scheduled to be issued during the day, but the court said it was necessary to hold new hearings on some points.Akanksha’s mother filed a petition alleging that her daughter was murdered by Samar Singh and Sanjay Singh.Akanksha’s body was found in a hotel in Sarnath in Varanasi in 2023. Police said it was a case of suicide.Raising questions about the police investigation, the actress’s mother filed a petition asking the CBI to investigate it, saying her death was not a suicide but a murder.A bench of Justices Siddharth and Vinay Kumar Dwivedi issued notices to Samarjit Singh alias Samar Singh and Sanjay Singh.It also asked the station house officer at Sarnath to file his counter affidavit which if he fails to submit it before the court on May 22.
