Mystery shrouds over death of two constables of the Excise Department who were found dead during their official duty inside Redigo Khaitan Distillery in Rampur late on Monday night. Brother of one of the victims later registered a case under section 302/120B IPC against the district distillery officer of Rampur, KP Singh, accusing of criminal conspiracy and murder of the victims of the officials. local police claimed that they sent the body for post-mortem examination and were waiting for report before proceeding ahead with the probe.
Reports said that Wakil Ahmed, Sanjay Singh and Ravi Singh, all constables in the Excise Department were on night duty inside Redigo Khaitan Distillery in Rampur on Monday night. Around mid-night, some staff found Wakil and Sanjay lying in unconscious state near Water Cooling Plant of the Distillery. He reportedly raised an alert after which both the constables were rushed to District Hospital by the staff but the doctors, who attended the duo, pronounced them dead upon arrival.
Reports further said that the police team which reached the spot claimed that there is no injury marks found on the victims body. They claimed to have dispatched the body for autopsy to confirm the exact reason behind the mysterious death of the two. However, Wakil’s brother Zameel Ahmed, a resident of Hasanpur locality of Rahan in Bijnore, registered a case with the Civil lines police station in which he named distillery officer of Rampur, KP Singh and others alleging that they killed his brother and the other one.
He also alleged that both the victims were already dead inside the distillery but still to conceal the crime, the staff members shifted them to hospital just to destroy evidences. Further investigations are on in the matter and the local police is also reportedly grilling the third constables to extract the sequence of events that took place on Monday night after which the two constables were found dead.