The demand was raised by the family members who have just returned from Male, Maldives, after their investigations at the beach resort where Ishmeet died while swimming.

Leading the pack, Ishmeet’s uncle, Dr Charan Kamal Singh recounted his observation during the Maldives trip, at a press conference held today.

Dr Singh said that, “During our visit to Maldives from September 3 to 6, the family members met the Indian High Commission in Maldives, the police investigation team, officials and workers of the resort and the main organiser of the show for which Ishmeet had gone to the island nation.”

Picking holes in the eyewitness accounts of Vyom and Arunima, Dr Singh charged that not a single person - out of more than 250 odd employees of Chhaya Island Dhonveli Beach Rresort — had seen Ishmeet going or being at the swimming pool alive with them.

Dr Singh said, “Moreover, the statements given by both to the Indian High Commission and the police investigators are contradictory. While Vyom told the High Commission officials that he went along with Arunima and Ishmeet inside the pool whereas in his statement given to police investigators, he said, “I went to the resort’s swimming pool with Ishmeet”.

Similarly, said Dr Singh, the statements of Sanjit Shah of the Indian troupe and the local organiser, Hassan Ishan, in Maldives were also found to be contradictory.

Dr Singh also raised the issue of the head injury suffered by Ishmeet, which he claims remains unexplained. Dr Singh said, “Our main concern is how the injury was inflicted as neither the so-called eyewitness statement nor the preliminary investigations have been able to throw light on it,” he said.