Reports of police excesses remained unabated with one case of police brutality was reported from Ferojabad when cops attacked a group of women who were protesting after a road mishap while in another incident in Sitapur, a youth died in police custody. In Ferojabad, senior officers tried to hush up the matter by suspending just three police constables and that too when some electronic channel showed the footage of police brutality.
Reports said that two persons were killed when a tractor trolley rammed with a tempo near District Hospital at Ferojabad on late Monday night. Agitated with the mishap, local resident mainly women, alleged that the incident occurred due to local police as cops were trying to extort money from the tractor driver hence to fled from the scene the tractor rammed into tempo. They also alleged that the police later help the driver to fled from the scene of crime.
The villagers took road and staged a huge blockade at Subash Crossing on national highway near District Hospital under Uttar Police Station. Reports further said that incharge of Uttar Police Station reached the spot along with policemen and tried to clear the blockade. However during the above process, some women pushed the cops which agitated them and they not only slapped the protesting ladies but also cane charged to disperse them.
The matter took a turn on Tuesday when after some channels showed the police brutality, principal secretary (home) AK Gupta reportedly summoned a report from SP Ferojabad, Rakesh Kumar. However, to hush up the matter, SP Ferojabad spared Shree Prakash and just suspended three policemen - Sanjiv Kumar, Neeraj and Giriraj - all posted at Rasulpur police station.
Meanwhile a person detained on theft charges died in custody in Tambore police station at Sitapur. Reports said that Yameen (32), who was brought for interrogation at the police station on Monday night after his name figured in a theft case, died in custody under mysterious circumstances. According to Additional Superintendent of Police Jagdeep Singh, they ordered a probe into the matter and the body of the victim has been sent for postmortem to ascertain the cause of death.