Raipur Police have arrested sub-inspector and MlA’s gunner Sompal from Tehsil area on Tuesday. Sompal, who allegedly abetted 19-year-old Adhoiwala resident Ankit to commit suicide, had been absconding since Sunday, said Raipur Police Station in-charge Shankar Singh Bisht.
Acting on a tip off and with the help of surveillance, police teams formed after this incident succeeded in arresting Sompal from Tehsil area on Tuesday noon. Sompal was sent to Suddhowala Jail after being produced in the court. Meanwhile, along with locals, the parents of the deceased protested at the SSP’s camp office, Rajpur Road and shouted anti-police slogans, accusing the police of protecting the accused police officer in this case. The protesters alleged that accused police officer had abetted the boy to commit suicide.
The agitators demanded immediate arrest of the accused in the FIR otherwise they will intensify their protest. The protesters called off their agitation when they were informed that police had arrested Sompal. Bisht said that taking cognisance of the report filed by deceased’s father Babu Ram, a case under section 306 of the IPC was registered in the Raipur Police Station on Sunday. The postmortem report of the deceased revealed that he had committed suicide by consuming poison.