VARANASI: Three policemen including an outpost in-charge were suspended and a magisterial inquiry ordered into the death of a youth in police custody and subsequent mob violence in Buxa area of Jaunpur district on Friday. The situation is now said to be under control while heavy deployment of police has been made in the area to avert any untoward incident.
The death of Kishan Yadav alias Pujari, who was taken into custody for questioning in a loot case, triggered protests by locals who blocked a national highway and indulged in stone pelting, leading to injuries to several policemen.
According to reports, the police arrested Pujari of Chak Mirzapur village in a loot case on Thursday night. He later died allegedly in police custody. His relatives and local residents blocked a road and indulged in brick batting in which several police personnel were injured and had to be admitted to a hospital for treatment of injuries.
Jaunpur SP Raj Karan Nayyar said, “Pujari was arrested in a loot case lodged by Mohanlal Yadav on February 1. The police also recovered Rs. 64,000 of the looted money along with 13 mobile phones looted in separate incidents from him.”
“Later, on the complaint of stomach pain Pujari was taken to the local community health centre from where he was referred to the district hospital after first-aid. He died in the course of treatment at the district hospital. Since he died in police custody, a panel was constituted for the postmortem,” the SP told TOI.
He added, “Three policemen, including Buxa station officer, have been suspended in this connection and a magisterial inquiry has been ordered.”
Meanwhile, Jaunpur district magistrate Manish Kumar Verma and SP went to the village and met the family members of Pujari on Friday. They assured the aggrieved family members that proper investigation would be conducted into the matter and whosoever found guilty would not be spared.
The DM said that ADM Ram Prakash has been assigned the magisterial probe.