LUCKNOW: The two policemen, who had assaulted a youth, Rinku Pandey, in public on Tuesday and had been suspended on Friday after a video of the two raining kicks, punches, slaps and abuses went viral, were also booked on charges of attempt to murder later. The SHO of Khesraha police station was also suspended.
The two policemen, Sakarpar police outpost in-charge, Virendra Mishra, and head constable, Mahendra Prasad, had been earlier booked under sections 166 (public service disobedience law with intention to cause injury), 323 (punishment for causing voluntary hurt), 504 (breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC.
Siddharthnagar SP, Dharm Veer Singh, who had defended the policemen and said Pandey was drunk, said on Saturday that the report of the inquiry conducted by an ASP-rank officer found the action of policemen was barbaric and hence, section 307 was added. The SHO of Khesraha police station, Ramashish Yadav, has also been suspended, since he did not ensure blood test of Pandey to prove he was drunk,” said Singh.Speaking to TOI on Saturday, Pandey, who runs a mobile repair shop in Kurja village, said he was thrashed for refusing to recharge the phone of one Akhtar Hussain.
Recalling the incident, Pandey said, “It was 3pm on September 10, I had closed my shop, Raj Mobiles, for the day and was going with my five-year-old niece to see Muharram procession. Akhtar came and asked me to recharge his phone. I told him that I was going to show Muharram procession to my niece and left. I had hardly gone 100m when Akhtar stopped me and warned of dire consequences.”
‘My father pleaded for cops’ mercy’
“I drove some distance but was stopped by sub-inspector Mishra and head constable Prasad. They thrashed me without reason, took me to Sakarpar police outpost and whipped me. They released me only when my father came and pleaded for mercy,” he added.
Pandey claimed that his niece has taken ill after witnessing the incident.
Domariyaganj MP, Jagdambika Pal visited Pandey at his house on Saturday. “I visited the youth and assured justice. Our government is against such high-handedness. An FIR has been lodged and cops have been suspended. Strict action will be taken,” he told reporters.
The two policemen, Sakarpar police outpost in-charge, Virendra Mishra, and head constable, Mahendra Prasad, had been earlier booked under sections 166 (public service disobedience law with intention to cause injury), 323 (punishment for causing voluntary hurt), 504 (breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC.
Siddharthnagar SP, Dharm Veer Singh, who had defended the policemen and said Pandey was drunk, said on Saturday that the report of the inquiry conducted by an ASP-rank officer found the action of policemen was barbaric and hence, section 307 was added. The SHO of Khesraha police station, Ramashish Yadav, has also been suspended, since he did not ensure blood test of Pandey to prove he was drunk,” said Singh.Speaking to TOI on Saturday, Pandey, who runs a mobile repair shop in Kurja village, said he was thrashed for refusing to recharge the phone of one Akhtar Hussain.
Recalling the incident, Pandey said, “It was 3pm on September 10, I had closed my shop, Raj Mobiles, for the day and was going with my five-year-old niece to see Muharram procession. Akhtar came and asked me to recharge his phone. I told him that I was going to show Muharram procession to my niece and left. I had hardly gone 100m when Akhtar stopped me and warned of dire consequences.”
‘My father pleaded for cops’ mercy’
“I drove some distance but was stopped by sub-inspector Mishra and head constable Prasad. They thrashed me without reason, took me to Sakarpar police outpost and whipped me. They released me only when my father came and pleaded for mercy,” he added.
Pandey claimed that his niece has taken ill after witnessing the incident.
Domariyaganj MP, Jagdambika Pal visited Pandey at his house on Saturday. “I visited the youth and assured justice. Our government is against such high-handedness. An FIR has been lodged and cops have been suspended. Strict action will be taken,” he told reporters.
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