Chandauli woman’s death | Akhilesh Yadav demands High Court-monitored probe
The Hindu
Akhilesh Yadav did not believe the initial police theory that the woman hanged herself in the house during the police raid
Stating that he does not trust the Uttar Pradesh police investigation, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday demanded that a sitting High Court judge-monitored probe be conducted into the death of a woman in Chandauli during a police raid at her house. He also demanded that the police team under question be booked for murder.
On May 1, a police team reached Manrajpur village under Sayedraja police station jurisdiction in search of Kanhaiya Yadav, an accused under the Gangsters Act, with a non-bailable warrant. The police team was accused of allegedly beating to death his daughter Nisha.
Subsequently, an FIR was registered against the SHO and other police personnel for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, voluntarily causing hurt and house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint.
While the police had initially said prima facie it was a case of suicide, the cause of death remained unknown after the autopsy. The viscera was sent for forensic examination.
Mr. Yadav reached Chandauli and met the aggrieved family. “Police can cook up any story and can twist it the way they like,” said Mr. Yadav.
He demanded that not only the girl’s family be provided security, but the probe should be conducted under the supervision of a sitting judge of the Allahabad High Court.
“We don’t trust the government probe. This government can do anything and can change any report,” he told journalists. Mr. Yadav accused the UP police of indulging in “dabangai” (high-handedness).