Chennai cops, Navy not cooperating: Kin of sailor
Suraj Kumar DubeyDALTONGANJ/RANCHI: Family members of Suraj Kumar Dubey, the 27-year-old navy sailor from Palamu who died in a Mumbai hospital on Friday night after he was burnt by his kidnappers at a forest in Palghar in Maharashtra, on Sunday accused Chennai police and Navy officials of non-cooperation in trying to ascertain the actual reason of how Dubey was burnt.
Contesting the version of Palghar police who said Dubey, posted in Coimbatore, died in abduction for ransom gone wrong, the family members said they suspected the hand of one of Dubey's colleague in his death. Palghar police had said culprits abducted Dubey from Chennai airport and demanded Rs 10 lakh as a ransom to release him. In his dying declaration, Dubey had reportedly said the kidnappers burnt him after he refused to pay the amount.
Talking to TOI, Saket Dubey, the younger brother of the deceased, said, "We had first contacted Chennai police soon after my brother went missing and requested them to register an FIR against his colleague who was in constant touch with my brother. However, they told us that they cannot file an FIR since my brother went missing during his journey from Jharkhand."
They also contested the version of Palghar police who dubbed the incident was an outcome of abduction for ransom gone wrong. Palghar police had said that the deceased was abducted from Chennai for Rs 10 lakh ransom and was burnt in their jurisdiction after he denied acceding to their demands.
Talking to TOI, Saket Dubey, younger brother of the deceased said, “We had first contacted Chennai police soon after my brother’s whereabouts were unknown. We requested them to register an FIR against a colleague of my brother who was in constant touch with him. However, they said that they couldn’t file an FIR as he had gone missing during his journey which he had started in Jharkhand.”
Later, the family members had submitted a missing complaint report with Chainpur police station in Palamu on February 1 stating that they were not able to contact Dubey on his mobile number. They had told local police here that they had last spoken to Dubey around 6:45 pm on January 30 when he was supposed to board a flight to Chennai from Hyderabad.
The father of the deceased, Mithilesh Kumar Dubey, said, “My son had left for his INS Agrani unit in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on January 30 after availing one month’s leave. But his cellphone was switched off from 6.46 pm of January 30.”
Palamu police said that their initial probe traced Dubey’s location to the airport metro station at Meenambakkam and later at the NSG camp under Otteri police station.
SDPO (Palamu) K Vijay Shanker said, “I was in touch with my batchmate in Chennai who found out that a taxi driver named Sudhir had dropped Dubey at the NSG camp in Otteri.”
Meanwhile, the family members also suspected the hand of Dubey's colleagues and claimed that they could not get any assistance from the naval unit of the deceased.
Duey's elder brother Niraj Kumar Dubey said, "Officers of my unit said they will declare my brother an absconder as he had not rejoined from leave despite contacting one of the unit members. I had personally requested the commanding officer of my brother and sought his help to get the FIR registered against my brother's colleague in Chennai. Later on February 1, the commanding officer said my brother have stayed back in Chennai for a day and I should not worry. When I contacted Dharmendra Kumar, a colleague of my brother who was in constant touch with him, his attitude completely changed and he said that my brother was an absconder. This raised my suspicion.”
On Palghar police's claim of murder because of Rs 10 lakh ransom, Niraj said, "How can it be a case of abduction for ransom when we never got a call for money? If the culprits wnt money, then they must have to contact us because the kidnapped cannot arrange and give them the money. We never had a call from the alleged culprits since my brother left home on January 30."
Meanwhile, BJP MP from Palamu, V D Ram, has sent a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah, demanding a CBI inquiry into the murder.
Ram said, “I have requested Amit Shah ji for a CBI probe. This is a fit case for an inquiry by the central agency. The country has lost a young navy sailor in a mysterious condition.”
The MP added that he had also written to Union defence minister Rajnath Singh for a high-level probe into the incident. “I requested the Union defence minister to initiate a joint probe by naval and police force,” he added.
Congress MLA from Mahagama, Dipika Pandey Singh, too wrote a letter to chief minister Hemant Soren demanding the state government’s intervention with its counterparts in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu for a detailed probe into the incident.
Contesting the version of Palghar police who said Dubey, posted in Coimbatore, died in abduction for ransom gone wrong, the family members said they suspected the hand of one of Dubey's colleague in his death. Palghar police had said culprits abducted Dubey from Chennai airport and demanded Rs 10 lakh as a ransom to release him. In his dying declaration, Dubey had reportedly said the kidnappers burnt him after he refused to pay the amount.
Talking to TOI, Saket Dubey, the younger brother of the deceased, said, "We had first contacted Chennai police soon after my brother went missing and requested them to register an FIR against his colleague who was in constant touch with my brother. However, they told us that they cannot file an FIR since my brother went missing during his journey from Jharkhand."
They also contested the version of Palghar police who dubbed the incident was an outcome of abduction for ransom gone wrong. Palghar police had said that the deceased was abducted from Chennai for Rs 10 lakh ransom and was burnt in their jurisdiction after he denied acceding to their demands.
Talking to TOI, Saket Dubey, younger brother of the deceased said, “We had first contacted Chennai police soon after my brother’s whereabouts were unknown. We requested them to register an FIR against a colleague of my brother who was in constant touch with him. However, they said that they couldn’t file an FIR as he had gone missing during his journey which he had started in Jharkhand.”
Later, the family members had submitted a missing complaint report with Chainpur police station in Palamu on February 1 stating that they were not able to contact Dubey on his mobile number. They had told local police here that they had last spoken to Dubey around 6:45 pm on January 30 when he was supposed to board a flight to Chennai from Hyderabad.
The father of the deceased, Mithilesh Kumar Dubey, said, “My son had left for his INS Agrani unit in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on January 30 after availing one month’s leave. But his cellphone was switched off from 6.46 pm of January 30.”
Palamu police said that their initial probe traced Dubey’s location to the airport metro station at Meenambakkam and later at the NSG camp under Otteri police station.
SDPO (Palamu) K Vijay Shanker said, “I was in touch with my batchmate in Chennai who found out that a taxi driver named Sudhir had dropped Dubey at the NSG camp in Otteri.”
Meanwhile, the family members also suspected the hand of Dubey's colleagues and claimed that they could not get any assistance from the naval unit of the deceased.
Duey's elder brother Niraj Kumar Dubey said, "Officers of my unit said they will declare my brother an absconder as he had not rejoined from leave despite contacting one of the unit members. I had personally requested the commanding officer of my brother and sought his help to get the FIR registered against my brother's colleague in Chennai. Later on February 1, the commanding officer said my brother have stayed back in Chennai for a day and I should not worry. When I contacted Dharmendra Kumar, a colleague of my brother who was in constant touch with him, his attitude completely changed and he said that my brother was an absconder. This raised my suspicion.”
On Palghar police's claim of murder because of Rs 10 lakh ransom, Niraj said, "How can it be a case of abduction for ransom when we never got a call for money? If the culprits wnt money, then they must have to contact us because the kidnapped cannot arrange and give them the money. We never had a call from the alleged culprits since my brother left home on January 30."
Meanwhile, BJP MP from Palamu, V D Ram, has sent a letter to Union home minister Amit Shah, demanding a CBI inquiry into the murder.
Ram said, “I have requested Amit Shah ji for a CBI probe. This is a fit case for an inquiry by the central agency. The country has lost a young navy sailor in a mysterious condition.”
The MP added that he had also written to Union defence minister Rajnath Singh for a high-level probe into the incident. “I requested the Union defence minister to initiate a joint probe by naval and police force,” he added.
Congress MLA from Mahagama, Dipika Pandey Singh, too wrote a letter to chief minister Hemant Soren demanding the state government’s intervention with its counterparts in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu for a detailed probe into the incident.
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