In a case of contradicting actions by the police, a day after a youth was booked for murder; the home department cancelled an externment order imposed on him in an earlier sentencing last year.

The deceased (left) Sanjay Pagare’s family protest the inaction by the Bhandup police in front of the police station. His father Suresh Pagare (first right in white) claimed that Kashid, who was externed from the city last year, carried out the murder. However, the cops refute the charges and say that Kashid was not present on the spot. u00a0Pics/Siddharth Dhadve