Irate mob levels protest in Odisha’s Bargarh over ‘custodial demise’

By PTI

SAMBALPUR: A 35-year-old man who was picked up by the police in Bargarh city of Odisha died on Saturday, triggering vehement protests by a mob that alleged custodial demise and baton cost by regulation enforcers to rein within the agitators.

Dramatic scenes had been witnessed because the deceased’s youthful brother went to the terrace of a seven-storey hospital and threatened to die by suicide if motion was not taken towards the police personnel accountable behind the demise.

Police, nevertheless, dismissed the allegations and asserted they weren’t concerned in any approach behind Gobinda Kumbhar’s demise.

Kumbhar, a resident of Tora village in Bargarh block, was picked up from his home on Friday night time in reference to a case of a brawl, an officer stated.

In the morning, Kumbhar grew to become unwell and officers of the Bargarh city police station took him to a hospital, he stated.

When his situation deteriorated, he was rushed to the district hospital, the place he was declared useless on arrival, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Dilip Chandra Bag stated.

According to the deceased’s spouse, 4 police personnel who got here to their home had stated Gobinda was being taken for some inquiry and he can be launched the subsequent morning.

Rubi Kumbhar, who was wailing inconsolably, informed journalists that her husband was dragged away by the collar.

“My husband was killed due to their atrocities. I have two children. How would I live now?” the girl requested, as she demanded capital punishment for these responsible.

The deceased’s mom alleged that the police personnel misbehaved with them.

“They also abused my son in front of us before taking him from the house. And in the morning, they informed us that my son had become serious,” she stated.

The incident led to intense protests by irate villagers, who ransacked the district headquarter hospital.

Tension ran excessive because the deceased’s brother climbed on the highest of the hospital and threatened to leap off the constructing as he demanded justice.

After hectic discussions, folks persuaded him and succeeded in bringing him down the constructing.

Later, the mob stored the useless physique at a street junction and staged a protest, in search of motion towards the law enforcement officials.

After round 3 hours of blockade, the irate protesters marched in direction of the Bargarh city police station with the physique, however the safety personnel stopped them on the way in which.

The two sides received engaged in jostling and subsequently, the police resorted to baton cost to disperse the protesters and seize the physique.

Adequate police drive was deployed within the Bargarh city to examine any untoward incident.