UP custodial loss of life: Special Operations Group in cost arrested
4 min readExpress News Service
LUCKNOW: Special Operations Group (SOG) in cost, Prashant Gautam, has been arrested in reference to the custodial loss of life of 27-year-old dealer Balwant Singh.
Balwant Singh was picked up by the police for interrogation on Monday evening after a businessman associated to him, Chandra Bhan Singh, reported a theft of Rs 4.5 lakh from him on December 5, 2022.
Balwant’s kin complained that he was tortured by the police when he was below custody. He died on Tuesday. The post-mortem report confirmed that he was tortured all through the evening of Monday. When his situation deteriorated he was taken to Kanpur Dehat district hospital the place the docs declared him useless.
The post-mortem report revealed over two dozen harm marks on the physique.
Six individuals together with 5 policemen and an obligation physician of Kanpur Dehat district hospital had been booked on Wednesday in reference to Balwant’s loss of life.
Balwant’s uncle, Angad Singh had lodged a grievance with Rania police following which a case was registered below Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (homicide), 147 (responsible of rioting) 504
(intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) and 506 (punishment for prison intimidation).
Shivli police station in-charge Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rania police station in-charge Shiv Prakash Singh, Maitha outpost in-charge Gyan Prakash Pandey, SOG in-charge Prashant Gautam, a constable deputed with the SWAT Mahesh Gupta and an obligation physician of the district hospital had been the six individuals booked in reference to the case.
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According to Kanpur Dehat SP Suniti, the district police arrested SOG in-charge Prashant Gautam, one of many six accused on Thursday whereas searches had been underway to arrest 5 others who had been on the run.
“Six teams have been formed to arrest them. They are facing murder charges,” the SP mentioned.
Balwant’s uncle Chandra Bhan Singh mentioned had he recognized that police would kill his nephew he would by no means have lodged a police grievance concerning the theft.
Police and SOG had picked up a number of folks on the premise of suspicion within the case of theft from businessman Chandrabhan Singh of Lalpur Saraiya village of Shivli on December 6.
Ram Rathore, a resident of Mahipalpur below the jurisdiction of the Shivrajpur police station space of Kanpur metropolis, was additionally detained by the district police in reference to the case. He was reportedly working a excessive fever and was admitted to Havaspur Community Health Center Wednesday late night.
LUCKNOW: Special Operations Group (SOG) in cost, Prashant Gautam, has been arrested in reference to the custodial loss of life of 27-year-old dealer Balwant Singh.
Balwant Singh was picked up by the police for interrogation on Monday evening after a businessman associated to him, Chandra Bhan Singh, reported a theft of Rs 4.5 lakh from him on December 5, 2022.
Balwant’s kin complained that he was tortured by the police when he was below custody. He died on Tuesday. The post-mortem report confirmed that he was tortured all through the evening of Monday. When his situation deteriorated he was taken to Kanpur Dehat district hospital the place the docs declared him useless.
The post-mortem report revealed over two dozen harm marks on the physique.
Six individuals together with 5 policemen and an obligation physician of Kanpur Dehat district hospital had been booked on Wednesday in reference to Balwant’s loss of life.
Balwant’s uncle, Angad Singh had lodged a grievance with Rania police following which a case was registered below Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 302 (homicide), 147 (responsible of rioting) 504
(intentional insult with intent to impress breach of the peace) and 506 (punishment for prison intimidation).
Shivli police station in-charge Rajesh Kumar Singh, Rania police station in-charge Shiv Prakash Singh, Maitha outpost in-charge Gyan Prakash Pandey, SOG in-charge Prashant Gautam, a constable deputed with the SWAT Mahesh Gupta and an obligation physician of the district hospital had been the six individuals booked in reference to the case.
ALSO READ | 11 police personnel suspended after dealer dies in police custody in UP’s Kanpur Dehat
According to Kanpur Dehat SP Suniti, the district police arrested SOG in-charge Prashant Gautam, one of many six accused on Thursday whereas searches had been underway to arrest 5 others who had been on the run.
“Six teams have been formed to arrest them. They are facing murder charges,” the SP mentioned.
Balwant’s uncle Chandra Bhan Singh mentioned had he recognized that police would kill his nephew he would by no means have lodged a police grievance concerning the theft.
Police and SOG had picked up a number of folks on the premise of suspicion within the case of theft from businessman Chandrabhan Singh of Lalpur Saraiya village of Shivli on December 6.
Ram Rathore, a resident of Mahipalpur below the jurisdiction of the Shivrajpur police station space of Kanpur metropolis, was additionally detained by the district police in reference to the case. He was reportedly working a excessive fever and was admitted to Havaspur Community Health Center Wednesday late night.
