Maharashtra criminal investigation department scrutinizes CCTV footage in Pardi ‘custodial death’ case

NAGPUR: The state criminal investigation department (CID), on the first day of its probe into the deemed custodial death case of Manoj Thawkar at Pardi police station, mostly focused on the available CCTV footage of the incident. He was taken to a private hospital but was declared brought dead.
After being handed over the accidental death case of Manoj Thawkar — who had physical disability — a day ago, CID officials scrutinized the documents and collected the CCTV footage on Friday. The sleuths also spoke to the police station personnel, including senior inspector Sunil Gangurde for collecting documentary evidence and records.
Though CID officials had come to the police station and the spot on Wednesday after the incident, alerted by police chief (CP) Amitesh Kumar, they formally began the probe now, having taken over the case from city police on Thursday.
Senior officers of the state CID are learnt to have scanned the footages of the CCTV installed near the spot in front of the Hanuman temple at Pardi naka, where cops had tried to stop Thawkar at the nakabandi point but he tried to flee on his scooter. Sub-inspector Mukesh Dhoble of Pardi police station was injured in the process to stop him.
Thawkar was later taken to Pardi police station, where he collapsed after a couple of hours. The footages of the police station were learnt to have been collected by the state CID.
The CP told media on Friday that he does not support rough policing but tries to ensure legal clampdown on the outlaws.