The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a chargesheet against six accused UP police personnel including then SHO/Inspector; then three Sub-Inspectors; a Head Constable and a Constable under Indian Penal Code Sections relating to murder, criminal intimidation, voluntarily causing hurt, public servant willfully framing incorrect record to cause loss or injury to the public or any person and causing disappearance of evidence of an offence before the Court of Special Judicial Magistrate, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) in a case related to death of Manish Gupta (private person and a businessman), resident of Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh).
The CBI had registered a case on November 2, 2021 on the request of Uttar Pradesh Government and further notification from the Centre and took over the investigation of Case Crime No. 391/2021 dated September 29, 2021, earlier registered under IPC Section 302 at Police Station- Ramgarh Tal, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) against three Police Officials including the SHO and two Sub-Inspectors and unknown police officials on complaint from the wife of Gupta pertaining to death of her husband on September 27, 2021, the CBI said in a statement.
It was alleged that Manish Gupta checked in a room of a Hotel at Gorakhpur on September 27, 2021, falling under the jurisdiction of Ramgarh Tal police station. It was further alleged that in the intervening night of September 27/28, 2021 at about 12 AM., the SHO along with two Sub-Inspectors and three other police personnel entered into the room of said hotel and started misbehaving with Gupta.
It was also alleged that on protest of Gupta, they started beating him, resulting in grievous injuries to him. Following this, Gupta died on the spot. After investigation, the CBI filed a chargesheet against the six police officials.
The chargesheeted accused in the case are Jagat Narayan Singh, then SHO/Inspector; Akshay Kumar Mishra, then Sub-Inspector; Vijay Yadav, then Sub-Inspector; Rahul Dubey, then Sub-Inspector; Kamlesh Singh Yadav, then Head Constable and Prashant Kumar, then Constable.[9:02 PM, 1/7/2022] Devika: So, total 2 copiesOkay. No prob.