While the woman who allegedly made immolation bid after facing harassment by the cops in Barabanki succumbed to her injuries in the wee hours of Tuesday, her family members and Opposition parties demanded a CBI probe into the incident.
Reacting to a media query here on Tuesday morning, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed that they ordered a magisterial enquiry into the incident and the accused cops were already placed under suspension. He said that further action will be taken in the matter only if the enquiry found the charges true.
“We want a CBI inquiry so that guilty involved in the heinous crime should be punished for their in-human act,” claimed the son of the victim who died at Civil Hospital here. “We demand that action be taken as per the dying declaration of my mother,” he asserted.
Sources said that the middle-aged woman had in her statement before the Magistrate and media charged that the police station in-charge and sub-inspector set her on fire when she refused to pay a Rs1 lakh bribe for the release of her husband. She also reportedly accused the cops of trying to sexually exploit her.
Expressing dissatisfaction over the sections under which the case was lodged against the two accused police officials, the victim’s son said that a murder case should be lodged against the accused police officials and they should be arrested immediately.
“The case lodged against them is not satisfactory... it only concerns the charge of using abusive language,” he said, adding that even the suspension of the two is for keeping the woman’s husband in illegal confinement for over 24 hours. “Given these charges, the two will get reinstated very easily,” he said. The son claimed that they would also seek time to meet the Chief Minister soon to raise their demands.