UP Police File Case Against "Unknown People" Over Man Who Died In Custody
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Altaf, had been brought to the police station on Tuesday morning for questioning in a case filed last week linked to the "kidnapping of a woman and forced marriage"
An FIR (first information report) with murder charges has been filed against unknown people over the death of a 22-year-old man inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district. कासगंज में पूछताछ के लिए लाए गए युवक की थाने में मौत का मामला बेहद संदेहास्पद है। लापरवाही के नाम पर कुछ पुलिसवालों का निलंबन सिर्फ़ दिखावटी कार्रवाई है।इस मामले में इंसाफ़ व भाजपा के राज में पुलिस में विश्वास की पुनर्स्थापना के लिए न्यायिक जाँच होनी ही चाहिए। #भाजपा_ख़त्मpic.twitter.com/sI2FT05Bv9
The FIR was filed after a written complaint from Chand Miyan, the father of Altaf, the man who died after allegedly trying to kill himself by hooking the string of his jacket to a tap in the station's washroom.
"We have initiated a departmental inquiry to be headed by an Additional SP. Also, five policemen have been suspended and a magisterial investigation has also been opened. We got a complaint via registry last night and based on this have filed FIR under Section 302 (murder) against unknown people," Etah's police chief Rohan Pramod Bothre said in a video statement.
Altaf's family have accused the police of killing their son, but the cops insist he died by suicide.
