A day after a 20-year-old man died in police custody, two girls — his co-workers at a bakery — have been arrested on costs of abetment of suicide, mentioned police.
The members of the family of Yogesh Kumar had earlier blamed police personnel for his dying, alleging that they had demanded a Rs 5 lakh bribe to launch him. Later, they filed a criticism towards the 2 girls, accusing them of levelling false harassment allegations towards Kumar and forcing him to finish his life, police mentioned.
Kumar died by hanging whereas within the custody of police in Gautam Buddha Nagar on Thursday morning. “Each accused girls have been arrested and produced earlier than the courtroom. They’ve been despatched to judicial custody for 14 days…,” mentioned Hemant Upadhyay, ACP-2, Central Noida.
Kumar’s physique was recovered from the barracks of Chipiyana outpost in Bisrakh police station space the place he was introduced in for questioning a day earlier than the incident. He was a resident of Amargarhi village in Aligarh.
“They (the ladies) had raised false allegations towards my brother. Round one-and-a-half months in the past, that they had levelled related allegations however a settlement was reached… My brother was in misery because of the repeated complaints. Due to this, he took the acute step,” alleged Dharamveer, his brother who labored on the similar bakery as Kumar.
Dharamveer mentioned following the sooner criticism, the bakery proprietor had requested Kumar to not come to work however later reinstated him after the matter was resolved.
In the meantime, Kumar’s kin haven’t pressed any costs but towards the policemen on the outpost the place he was discovered useless.
Jitendra, one other brother of the deceased, mentioned they solely needed the police personnel to be suspended. “Police have mentioned they’re taking motion towards the personnel involved and a departmental inquiry has been ordered… These two girls… have destroyed our household. We had come so removed from residence to earn a residing, however see what has occurred,” mentioned Jitendra.
“After the incident, our entire household has fallen aside. My mom is consistently sharing how Kumar had lately instructed her on name that he would come to the village to satisfy her. He needed to carry her to Noida to stick with him. Now, she is going to by no means be capable of meet him once more,” he added.
Officers mentioned that 4 policemen, together with the Chipiyana outpost in-charge, have been suspended within the case and a departmental inquiry is underway with regard to their conduct within the matter. “The proof relating to completely different costs is being collected. We’ve got to examine if due course of was adopted — from receiving the criticism to calling him for questioning. We’re additionally checking if there was any brutality on the a part of the police,” mentioned a police officer.