Youth dies in police station, body dumped

January 2, 2017

New Delhi, Jan 2: In a case of an attempted police cover-up, a 25-year-old man first fell to death under mysterious circumstances from the terrace of the Adarsh Nagar police station following which some policemen allegedly dumped his body elsewhere to pass it off as an unidentified corpse.

sompal Six policemen, including the Station House Officer of the police station, an Assistant Sub Inspector and four constables, have been booked for committing culpable homicide not amounting to murder and suspended till the probe is completed.

Fruit seller

The family of the deceased, Sompal, claims he sold fruits at the Azadpur wholesale market.

According to the police, Sompal was picked up and brought to the police station for questioning on December 28 following a PCR call about a quarrel.

The sequence of events from his arrival at the police station to his death is being probed, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North West) Milind Mahadeo Dumbere.

“The accused policemen claim that he was being questioned at the investigating officers’ room and was left alone for a few minutes which provided him an opportunity to rush to the terrace and jump. We are verifying these claims,” Mr. Dumbere said.

Body dumped

Followed the death, the body was dumped on Shah Alam Bandh Road by Inspector Sanjay Kumar, the SHO, and constables Kuldeep, Surender, Indraj and Sulender, according to the FIR. The name of the Assistant Sub Inspector, the sixth accused, was not revealed. The complaint was filed by a sub-inspector of the same police station.

The complaint said this was a bid to destroy evidence so that the incident is not recorded as a case of custodial death. A few hours after the death, a PCR call was made about an unidentified body lying near the Majlis Park metro station. Constable Kuldeep was assigned to respond to the call. Sompal was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.

“We followed the standard procedure for identification and he was identified as Sompal, a resident of C block,” the FIR said.

On December 30, a whistleblower from the police station alerted the Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Model Town sub division. The matter was communicated to senior officers and all the staff members were questioned.

Mr. Dumbere said the accused admitted that they had indeed disposed off the body, flouting procedures, following which legal and administrative action was initiated.

Family’s reaction

But it was not till Sunday that Sompal’s family found about his death, they said.

“Around 2 p.m. a police team reached our house and asked for his picture. When we inquired, they told us that he had been arrested. It was only after coming to the police station that we found out about his death,” said Sompal’s brother.

According to the police, Sompal had a criminal record and had been booked for robbery, theft and assault in the past.

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All the responsible police officers should be sacked and arrested. Fair compsation should be given to the dead boy's family and a Govt job should be given to his close relative. also, the police officers should be penalised for this unhuman act.

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Tuticorin custodial deaths: Suspended constable arrested

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July 4,2020

The Crime Branch-Crime Investigation Department (CBCID) of Tamil Nadu Police has arrested suspended constable Muthuraj.

Wanted in the Tuticorin custodial deaths of P Jeyaraj and his son J Bennicks, Muthuraj was arrested on late Friday.

Muthuraj was later remanded to the judicial custody till July 17.

Jeyaraj and Bennicks had been booked for not closing their mobile shop in time on June 19 by the Sathankulam police. They were sent to judicial custody and lodged in the Kovilpatti jail on June 21.

Jeyaraj died on June 22 night and Bennicks on June 23 morning in judicial custody, allegedly due to the police torture.

The Madras High Court while hearing the case had said there was prima facie evidence to register a murder case against the Sathankulam police officials.

The court also transferred the probe into the deaths of Jeyaraj and Bennicks to the CBCID to gather and protect the evidence till the case is handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

It has also initiated criminal contempt cases against three police officials -- Additional Superintendent of Police Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police Prathapan and constable Maharajan -- for their behaviour at the Sathankulam police station in front of Kovilpatti Judicial Magistrate MS Bharathidasan who had gone for an inquiry.

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Woman IPS officer assaulted, molested by Assam Riffle personnel

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January 21,2020

Tengnoupal, Jan 21: A woman IPS officer has alleged that a rifleman of Assam Rifles physically assaulted and molested her at a check post near Moreh town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, police said on Tuesday.

Based on a written complaint of the IPS officer, an FIR has been registered against rifleman P K Pandey and a summon has been issued to him to appear before the concerned police station, the police said.

Manipur DGP L M Khaute told reporters on Monday, "We have made contacts with the Assam Rifles authorities. A complaint has been lodged by the officer." In her complaint, the IPS officer said that on reaching Khudengtabi check post on Sunday afternoon one of her escorts, who was not in uniform, told the frisking party of Assam Rifles to register their entry.

Despite showing their identity cards, the rifleman allegedly detained them, she said.

"We offered to search ourselves and the vehicle, but he was not interested", she said.

The rifleman began hitting the official vehicle and "misbehaved, humiliated, harassed and assaulted me and my escort personnel," she alleged.

The IPS officer also alleged that the rifleman molested her and when her escorts tried to intervene, he thrashed them.

She further accused the rifleman of making "sexually coloured" remarks against her, using abusive language and even tried to snatch her phone when she tried to call her senior officers.

The issue was brought under control after the matter was reported to the Brigadier of 26th Assam Rifles and the Major of the D-company of 12th AR, police said.

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