Two days after the death of a minor boy in the police lock-up at Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district was reported, triggering shock and anguish across the state, Kumaon deputy inspector general of police Ajay Rautela has recommended the state police headquarters to go for a CB-CID inquiry or an independent inquiry by any agency into the incident. Notably, the 16-year- boy was kept in police custody at Katoratal police post for the past three days in connection with an elopement case in contravention of the rules. local police claimed that the boy had hanged himself in the police lock-up. Soon after the news of the boy’s death had spread, the relatives of the deceased along with a group of locals had protested at the local hospital where he was taken to. They accused the police of beating him to death while he was in their custody. The matter took another turn after the girl who was allegedly abducted by the boy was located in lucknow the same day the boy died in the police lockup.
Soon after the incident came to the fore the state police brass took prompt action, suspending four cops- Kashipur inspector, Katoratal post in-charge and two constables- with immediate effect. Besides, based on the complaint, a case under sections 302/201/342 of Indian Penal Code was registered against Katoratal post in-charge, a constable and the father and the brother of the minor girl who was allegedly abducted in the Kashipur police station.
The boy was summoned to the police station after a Kajiwala Mohalla (Kashipur) resident had registered a complaint with the police, stating that his daughter who had been missing for some days had been abducted.
It is alleged that the police phoned the boy and called him to the Katoratal police post on February 26.