Mystery shrouds over death of a youth whose body was found lying inside Civil lines police station in Moradabad on Thursday. The victim was reportedly arrested in connection with theft case and was in police custody when he was found dead.
The death also occurred with the bullet fired from the service revolver. However, the local police tried to hush up the matter claiming that the victim committed suicide. A case was registered in this regard and a judicial probe was also ordered as death occurred in police custody. No action has been taken so far against the police officials whose negligent is evident even in the first glance.
According to reports, one Manoj, a resident of Saidpur hamlet of Bibinagar in Bulundsaher, was arrested by the local police in connection with an auto theft case on Wednesday night. Manoj was shown arrested and detained at the police station. He was supposed to be produced before the local magistrate on Thursday. However, on Thursday morning, Manoj was found dead with a service revolver lying near his body. The family members alleged that probably the cops shot Manoj dead after they failed to get any evidence of his involvement in the theft case. However, the cops claimed that one the lone policemen on duty went to attend call of nature, the accused took advantage and he whipped out a service revolver kept in a box inside the police station campus and later shot himself dead with the same weapon. However, the cops failed to explain that how the accused managed to get hold of a service revolver to commit suicide.
Meanwhile one person was killed while about half a dozen others were critically injured when two parties clashed over a petty dispute in Kansganj locality on Wednesday evening. A cross-case has been registered in this regard against both the parties and two accused were also arrested. Reports said that some children hailing from Patna hamlet of Soro in Kansganj had a tiff over some issue on Wednesday evening. The matter took an ugly turn when Hakim and Rajendra Singh, both came out in supports of their sons and start abusing each other. later Rajendra was also joined by Sher Singh and Ram Autar, and soon the fight between children replaced with their parents. Both the groups attacked each other with sticks and rods and also opened fire in which Hakim Singh, received bullet injury and died on the spot while Puran Singh, Jaswant, Praveni Devi, Meera and Sher Singh were critically injured in the clash. later on the complaint of Hamik’s son Geetam Singh, a murder case was registered against the opposite party and Rajendra along with Ram Autar was arrested.