Four constables have been booked for the demise of a labourer at Allum in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district after the 50-year-old suffered a beating by the hands of the policemen, leaving his household to surprise the rationale behind the assault.
Omveer Singh Shakya’s household mentioned on Sunday morning, he was speaking to his relative concerning the marriage of one in all his sons when the 4 constables got here and “started beating him with clubs”.
“They kept on beating him till he fell on the ground. The policemen then fled. I rushed to found him lying on the ground breathless. I called my siblings and neighbours for help,” Omveer’s 16-year-old daughter Pooja, who’s the only witness of the incident, advised The Indian Express.
“We still do not know why the cops came to our place and why they beat him so brutally. He had no criminal record and neither did he had an altercation with anyone recently. He was very poor and was struggling to take care of his eight children and an ailing wife,” mentioned Omveer’s elder brother Om Pal.
According to police sources, they’d obtained a “tip-off” that some folks, led by Omveer, had been concerned in playing.
In the FIR, three constables have been named — Anuj, Rahul and Altaf Zaidi — whereas one has not been recognized.
All have been booked underneath IPC part 304( inflicting demise by negligence). The criticism was filed chairperson of Nagar Palika Deepa Pawar.
“No one is here to give us our answers,” Pawar mentioned.
Shamli SP Sukriti Madhav mentioned that motion towards the accused constables can be taken solely after getting the report of the investigation.
“Our initial findings have suggested that Omveer died of cardiac arrest, but nothing could be said with certainty till we get the postmortem report. I have assured the family that action will be taken against those named in the FIR only if they were found guilty in our probe,” mentioned the SP.
