Vendor held by UP Police: Death as a consequence of head harm, says post-mortem

The CCTV at Bangarmau Police Station in Unnao exhibits Faisal Hussain, 18, being dragged by some unidentified folks as he struggles to stroll or stand. As two individuals attempt to carry him, he repeatedly collapses. It shouldn’t be clear whether or not Hussain is being taken from the police station or being introduced there.
On Friday, the vegetable vendor was discovered useless, quickly after he was picked up by police from a store on the cost of violating Covid norms, and allegedly crushed severely. On Saturday, the postmortem put the reason for his dying as head harm. The post-mortem additionally discovered a extreme harm behind Hussain’s ear and not less than 12 contusions on his physique.
While three police personnel have been charged with homicide, requested if there had been any arrests, Unnao Superintendent of Police Anand Kulkarni mentioned, “We will proceed as per the evidence present with us.”
Kulkarni confirmed seeing the CCTV footage, and mentioned the harm close to the ear had brought on inner bleeding. “We will seek medico-legal advice and proceed with the probe accordingly,” he mentioned.
Police initially claimed Hussain had prima facie died of a coronary heart assault. It was after the household and locals blocked a freeway together with his physique until Friday midnight that the FIR was filed and Constables Vijay Choudhary and Seemavat, and residential guard Satya Prakash, have been charged with homicide.
Kulkarni instructed The Sunday Express there was CCTV footage from each the police station in addition to the store in a vegetable market from the place Hussain was picked. “It is clearly seen that when he comes to the police station, he collapses. He is then picked up. But he collapses again. Then some police officials give him water. This whole sequence of events is recorded in the CCTV footage. In the meantime, some of his family members come.”
The SP added, “I have also seen the CCTV footage of policemen slapping him at the shop from where he was picked up. They don’t hit him with sticks or anything else there.”
Elder brother Mohammad Sufiyan, 21, mentioned Hussain was supposed to return house straight after the Friday prayers, however as an alternative went to the store. “Who would have thought that I would bury him today?”
Two kilometres from the place the 18-year-old was buried, his crying mom Naseema Bano, 52, sat surrounded by relations on the household’s two-room home in Mukriyana space.
Cousin Salman, who lives in an adjoining home, mentioned Hussain was the only breadwinner for the household of six, together with his mother and father, Sufiyan and sisters Khushnuma, 28, and Rehnuma, 32. His father Islam Hussain has bronchial asthma and is ceaselessly unwell. “Sufiyan has a disability in his right leg and requires regular treatment and rest,” Salman mentioned.
The cousin added that eyewitnesses had instructed them police picked up Hussain for no motive. He confirmed on his telephone the CCTV footage from the store, simply metres from the home. It depicts Choudhary and Prakash beckoning the 18-year-old, slapping him a couple of occasions after which driving away with him on a bike.
Hussain ran the store — not more than a small house — with Sufiyan since Islam began staying house as a consequence of his ailment.
Mohammad Laeeq, 26, a neighbour and likewise a vegetable vendor, mentioned he noticed police beating Hussain and taking him. “They came and asked him what time it was . He replied it was 2 pm. After that, they started slapping him… I am not sure why the policemen singled him out as others were present at their shops as well.”
In their criticism, the household mentioned Hussain was crushed up mercilessly on the police station within the presence of Station House Officer. “When the family members reached the police station, he had been taken to the hospital and was left there, after which the policemen fled from there,” reads the criticism.

The household claims that whereas Choudhary and Prakash picked up the 18-year-old, Constable Seemavat took him to the native Community Health Centre (CHC) after his situation deteriorated. Khushnuma mentioned that by the point the household reached the CHC, Hussain was useless. “How mercilessly did they beat him that he died immediately? He had no health issues and was barely 18. How can a healthy 18-year-old die suddenly?”
Circle Officer (Bangarmau) Ashutosh Kumar mentioned they’d obtained a number of complaints of violation of ‘Covid curfew’ from the Mukriyana vegetable market. “The policemen went there because of the complaints. A crowd was present, but everyone fled. Faisal was the only one who was caught and brought to the police station.”
The distance from the vegetable market to the police station is lower than a kilometre. “We don’t know exactly how long Faisal was here at the police station, but it was not long,” Kumar mentioned. “The CCTV footage at the police station will be a part of the investigation.”

Promising a good probe, the Circle Officer mentioned, “We will go through all the evidence, record statements of the persons concerned. Our sympathies are with the family. The incident is very unfortunate.”
The household has demanded not less than Rs 1 crore as compensation and a authorities job. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Bangarmau, Dinesh Kumar mentioned the method had been initiated however the ultimate choice shall be taken by the state authorities. “We will send the proposal to the Chief Minister’s Office,” the SDM mentioned.