A Sub-Inspector (S-I) and eight different individuals have been booked in reference to the dying of a 22-year-old man whose physique was discovered hanging from a tree in Bulandshahr’s Chaudera village late on Friday night, police stated on Saturday. However, members of the family of Vicky Singh have alleged that he was killed in police custody.
Singh was arrested on April 11 on fees of abducting a lady, a resident of the identical village. An FIR was lodged towards him on the premise of the criticism of the girl’s father at Chaudera police outpost on April 5.
Speaking to The Sunday Express on the cellphone, Yogendra Kumar, in command of Bulandshahr’s Chhatari police station, stated: “After Singh’s death we registered an FIR based on the complaint of his father, Gautam Singh, against S-I Raj Kumar Mishra and seven members of the woman’s family under IPC sections 302 (murder), 120-B (whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death) and 506-B (offence of criminal intimidation). No arrests have been made yet.”
According to the FIR, police tracked down the couple, who had allegedly eloped, on April 11. Singh was stored in police custody since then, whereas the girl was handed over to her members of the family.
“My son was in police custody since April 11. On Friday evening, local residents informed us that they found his body hanging from a tree in a mango orchard on the village outskirts. We immediately contacted the local police out post officer, but he remained unavailable. Police claimed that my son was released on April 15. This is a clear case of custodial death,” Gautam Singh said within the FIR.
Kumar stated, “It is not clear if Singh died in police custody or the woman’s family members hanged his body from the tree after killing him. We have lodged an FIR against S-I Mishra and eight others on the complaint of the deceased’s father. The guilty will not be spared.”
