The retired IPS officer denied the charges on Friday, stating that the "truth will come out before the public in the coming days," just hours after the Haryana Police had charged former Punjab director general of police (DGP) Mohammad Mustafa and his wife, former minister Razia Sultana, with the alleged murder of their son, Aqil Akhtar.
"The registration of a FIR absolutely does not mean that someone's guilt has been proven," Mustafa Mustafa stated in response to the FIR filed in response to a social media post made by his son.
"After the FIR is filed, the real investigation will start right away, and the truth will be revealed to the public in a few days," he continued.
Aqil, 35, was pronounced dead at a hospital after being discovered unresponsive at his home in Sector 4 in Panchkula. After conducting a post-mortem, the police first ruled out foul play and gave the body to the family. However, after recordings and posts appeared on social media, Shamshudeen Chaudhary of Malerkotla, Punjab, filed a complaint, and the matter took a new turn.
"Those who got the FIR registered based on baseless allegations should also be prepared to face the law," Mustafa said in response to the move, accusing the FIR's origins in "dirty politics and cheap thinking."

Mustafa went on, "It is true that the death of our young son has brought us a mountain of sorrow, but this certainly does not mean that we cannot counter the vile actions of those with dirty politics and cheap thinking."
Mustafa denied the accusations, claiming that his son had been abusing drugs for almost twenty years.
According to the preliminary police investigation, he overdosed on buprenorphine and died as a result. He was receiving addiction treatment for 18 years, starting in 2007, including at PGIMER Chandigarh, yet he kept relapsing. The former DGP was quoted by The Indian Express as stating, "He had even set our house on fire once."