The station house officer (SHO) of Saiyadraja police station in Chandauli district has been suspended after a 21-year-old girl died after she was allegedly assaulted by policemen during a raid.
The police, however, denied the allegation saying the woman appeared to have committed suicide.
The alleged incident took place on Sunday when the police raided the house of gangster Kanhaiya Yadav in Manrajpur village to arrest him after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him. Yadav has been accused in a case of illegal sand mining.
However, as the police officials could not find Yadav at his home, they allegedly tried to take his brother with them. Yadav's daughter, Nisha, tried to stop the police, following which she was allegedly beaten by the officers.
In a video widely shared on social media, a woman can be seen saying that her elder sister was killed by the police. On being asked if she had also been beaten up, the woman replied in the affirmative.
Superintendent of Police Ankur Agarwal, however, denied all the allegations and said, "At 4:30 pm, a police team went to conduct a raid for arresting Kanhaiya Yadav against whom a non-bailable warrant has been issued. The police team had female constables with it and a video of the action is also available. When the accused was not found, the police team returned."