Cops flee police station after killing youth
Vijay Upadhyay
Etah. In a glaring example of how the police can break the very law they are supposed to enforce, the staff of an entire police station along with the station in-charge fled from their post after a youth died in their custody. The police disappeared from the scene with the dead body.
The incident took place on Sunday in Jethra town of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh. The incident invited severe public outrage with angry crowds gutting the police station. One person was injured in the police firing that followed.
Five policemen including station officer Manish Yadav and sub-inspector Gajraj Singh have been suspended for their alleged involvement in the "murder" of Mohar Pal Singh, a local youth, in police custody and the subsequent disappearance of the dead body along with the General Diary (GD) of the police station.
The accused policemen are still absconding and paramilitary forces have taken over the town to prevent further outbreak of violence.
According to Anil Kumar Sagar, District Magistrate Etah, Moharpal Singh alias Pappu, a resident of Behgo village of Etah district, had been arrested by the police on Friday for his alleged involvement in electoral violence during the panchayat polls and was being kept in the Jethra police station where he died on Sunday morning, allegedly due to police torture.
He said the moment Singh breathed his last, Manish Kumar Yadav fled from the police station with the dead body and the police station GD, along with other relevant documents.
When news of Singh's death broke, thousands of people assembled at the police station and angry mobs burnt down the police station and began pelting stones at the vacant police station building.
When the situation went out of hand, the police opened fire resulting in one person's injury. A criminal case of murder under Sections 302, 342, 201, 504 and 506 of the IPC has been filed against all five police personnel involved in the incident, alongwith Munni devi, a candidate for the pradhan's post from Behgo village, her husband Ashok Singh and two other supporters for plotting Singh's murder.
Notably, this is not the first custodial death inside Jethra police station. In 1998, brick kiln owner Sher Singh was brutally shot inside the police station by then station in-charge SP Singh and a police constable.
Sher Singh had not even been arrested by the police. He had only gone to the police station to mediate the release of a detainee. The guilty policemen were arrested and sent to jail later.
(UNITED NEWS NETWORK)
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Etah. In a glaring example of how the police can break the very law they are supposed to enforce, the staff of an entire police station along with the station in-charge fled from their post after a youth died in their custody. The police disappeared from the scene with the dead body.
The incident took place on Sunday in Jethra town of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh. The incident invited severe public outrage with angry crowds gutting the police station. One person was injured in the police firing that followed.
Five policemen including station officer Manish Yadav and sub-inspector Gajraj Singh have been suspended for their alleged involvement in the "murder" of Mohar Pal Singh, a local youth, in police custody and the subsequent disappearance of the dead body along with the General Diary (GD) of the police station.
The accused policemen are still absconding and paramilitary forces have taken over the town to prevent further outbreak of violence.
According to Anil Kumar Sagar, District Magistrate Etah, Moharpal Singh alias Pappu, a resident of Behgo village of Etah district, had been arrested by the police on Friday for his alleged involvement in electoral violence during the panchayat polls and was being kept in the Jethra police station where he died on Sunday morning, allegedly due to police torture.
He said the moment Singh breathed his last, Manish Kumar Yadav fled from the police station with the dead body and the police station GD, along with other relevant documents.
When news of Singh's death broke, thousands of people assembled at the police station and angry mobs burnt down the police station and began pelting stones at the vacant police station building.
When the situation went out of hand, the police opened fire resulting in one person's injury. A criminal case of murder under Sections 302, 342, 201, 504 and 506 of the IPC has been filed against all five police personnel involved in the incident, alongwith Munni devi, a candidate for the pradhan's post from Behgo village, her husband Ashok Singh and two other supporters for plotting Singh's murder.
Notably, this is not the first custodial death inside Jethra police station. In 1998, brick kiln owner Sher Singh was brutally shot inside the police station by then station in-charge SP Singh and a police constable.
Sher Singh had not even been arrested by the police. He had only gone to the police station to mediate the release of a detainee. The guilty policemen were arrested and sent to jail later.
(UNITED NEWS NETWORK)
For any queries or feedback - univijay@rediffmail.com 9412282297, 9319108697
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