Youth Commits Suicide Inside Uttar Pradesh Police Station
Five policemen have been suspended in Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district, after a 22-year-old man allegedly killed himself at a police station.
In Uttar Pradesh's Kasganj district, a man name Altaf, had been brought to the police station on Tuesday 9 November morning for questioning in a case filed last week linked to the "kidnapping of a woman and forced marriage".Kasganj's Police Chief Rohan Pramod Bothre claimed the man "asked for the toilet" at the police station. When he did not return after a few minutes, the cops went inside and found him dead. The Police Chief said, "He was wearing a black jacket and it appears he hooked the string, attached to the hood of the jacket, to a tap in the washroom and tried to strangle himself. He was brought out of the toilet unconscious and taken to the hospital. He died within 5-10 minutes." The five policemen suspended in the case have been accused of "negligence". Chand Miyan, Altaf's father, however, said: "I handed over my child to the cops. But I suspect they are involved in the hanging."
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said, "The death in police station of a youth brought in for questioning is very suspicious. The suspension of some policemen on the ground of negligence is just for show. The court must order an investigation so the truth comes out.” In December last year, the Supreme Court had ordered that all police stations in the country, including the CBI, National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) - must install CCTV cameras with night vision and audio recording. Security cameras should cover interrogation rooms, lock-ups, entries and exits. However it is not clear whether this police station had CCTV cameras.
