The Ghaziabad police have registered an FIR of culpable murder in opposition to a sub-inspector, a constable and different men and women in reference to alleged custodial torture of a 30-year-antique vehiclemobile-rickshaw motive force who died on Monday morning.
The officers stated on Tuesday that an FIR turned into registered in opposition to a sub-inspector, a constable and different unnamed men and women beneathneath Indian Penal Code Section 304 (culpable murder now no longer amounting to murder) on the Indirapuram police station. The FIR turned into lodged on a grievance given through the own circle of relatives of the deceased motive force Dharmpal Singh.
Singh’s vehiclemobile hit a bike owner close to Kanawani on Sunday evening, ensuing in minor accidents to the bike owner. Later, police from the Kanawani police put up nabbed Singh and took him to the police put up round 10.30pm Sunday. Two hours later, the police exceeded him over to his own circle of relatives who rushed him to 2 distinct hospitals in Indirapuram however the guy succumbed round 4.30am on Monday.
Hundreds of car drivers staged a protest at the CISF Road in Indirapuram on Monday afternoon, alleging custodial torture of Singh which brought about his demise and calling for movement in opposition to the policemen responsible.
“The post-mortem of the deceased turned into carried out through a panel of physician and the viscera has been preserved to reach at a higher end approximately the purpose of demise. There have been no outside accidents on Singh’s frame besides for an abrasion and an harm at the abdomen, which indicated that he turned into hit with a few blunt object. It is suspected that the deceased died of a few inner harm. He should have sustained that withinside the coincidence in addition to his vehiclemobile had overturned after hitting the bike owner. We have a witness who says Singh got here beneathneath the overturned vehiclemobile,” stated Diksha Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (trans-Hindon). The DCP has additionally initiated an inquiry into the allegations of custodial torture.
“We have registered an FIR in opposition to one sub-inspector, a constable and different unnamed men and women. The SI has been suspended at the same time as the team of workers of the police put up had been despatched to police traces pending inquiry. The deceased turned into now no longer handled at the 2 hospitals in which his own circle of relatives took him. He turned into declared delivered lifeless at the second one hospital,” Sharma stated.
Meanwhile, former Uttar Pradesh leader minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav raised questions on the police and tweeted on Monday urging the authorities to offer a central authority task to the spouse of the deceased and ₹1 crore as repayment to the own circle of relatives.
Singh lived together along with his spouse and 3 kids at Kanawani in Indirapuram. The frame turned into exceeded over to the own circle of relatives who took it to their local vicinity Kasganj for cremation.
“We have delivered the frame to our local vicinity for cremation and as soon as we’re done, we can cross lower back to Ghaziabad and technique the police to hurry up the inquiry and act in opposition to the errant policemen,” stated Murari Singh, Singh’s brother.