Three policemen have been booked for homicide in reference to the alleged custodial loss of life of a 35-year-old Dalit man accused of kidnapping a minor lady in Sultanpur district.
The three accused – Kudwar Station House Officer (SHO) Arvind Pandey, sub-inspector Sanjay Yadav and constable Brijesh Singh had been suspended on Thursday after Rajesh Kori allegedly died in police custody. Their names are within the FIR lodged late on Friday night time.
Action was additionally initiated in opposition to Home Guard Bholendra.
The grievance lodged by Asha Devi, Kori’s mom learn, “SHO Arvind Pandey, sub-inspector Sanjay Yadav and constable Brijesh Singh began strangulating my son with the intention of killing him, and in addition beat him with sticks. .. I begged them to ship him. Jail if he was responsible and to cease the assault. They didn’t hearken to me and despatched me and my youthful son off.. Next day round 3 pm I received the knowledge That Rajesh’s situation has deteriorated and we had been requested to succeed in the district hospital. When my (youthful) son reached the hospital, Rajesh’s physique was discovered there. I’ve full religion that the above individuals have killed my son.
An FIR has been registered in opposition to three policemen beneath a number of IPC sections together with 302 (homicide), 307 (try and homicide), 506 (prison intimidation), 504 (intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) and 323 (voluntarily inflicting) Went. Got injured). The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 was additionally invoked within the FIR.
The complainant has additionally alleged that earlier than assembly Kori, the policemen misbehaved with girls at her home and hurled casteist abuses in opposition to her.
Police stated Kori and the minor lady, whom he had allegedly kidnapped, had been recovered on June 3 and dropped at the police station. While the lady was despatched dwelling, Kori was saved within the police station.
Circle Officer (City) Raghavendra Chaturvedi stated that the investigation is on. “Investigation is on. No arrest has been made so far. The postmortem report mentions death by hanging.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
