A physically-challenged youth was allegedly beaten to death by police in Kaushambi district. As per reports, on receiving information about a minor dispute and clash between two parties on Monday, the police reached the spot and tried to forcibly take the youth to the police station. When he resisted, a constable thrashed him with a rifle hook. The police left the scene after some neighbours intervened. The youth was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The bereaved relatives alleged that the cops of Paschimshira police station killed him. The police sent the body for autopsy and also started a probe.
The superintendent of police reached the spot and took stock of the situation. He assured action against the cops found guilty in the probe.
Meanwhile, allegedly tortured by loan sharks, the principal of a primary school committed suicide at his office in Karmaha, Maharajganj district, police said on Tuesday.
In a suicide note, the principal held three people responsible for him taking the exteme step. On a complaint by his wife, the police registered a case against the accused.
The deceased was identified as Shiv Kumar (45), who was a resident of Jhangapar village under Brijmanganj police station area. He was the principal of a primary school on Karmaha of Dhani block in Maharajganj district. On Sunday, some people came to his house to recover the loan and also used abusive language to harass him, the police said. The accused left after threatening Kumar with dire consequences if the dues were not cleared immediately.
Kumar left his house on Monday, saying he was going for some paper work in the school. When he didn’t return till late evening, his family members started searching for him. On reaching the school, they found his motorcycle in the verandah while the doors of his office were bolted from inside. The police broke open the doors, only to find Kumar lying on the floor with a suicide note by his side.
As per the suicide note, he had taken a loan of Rs 2 lakh from three men two years back and had returned around Rs 7 lakh in installments so far. A few days ago, he gave them a cheque which bounced. Thereafter, the accused started harassing him.
Superintendent of Police, Maharajganj, Dr Kaustubh said the guilty would not be spared. Pharenda CO Komal Prasad said the case had been registered against Tej Pratap Singh, Ranu Singh of Maharajganj and Ravindra Singh of Siddharthnagar.
Shiv Kumar is survived by wife Saraswati, two daughters Nandani (17) and Nandika (14), and two sons Aman Kumar (15) & Amar Kumar (13).