Agra: Yash Verma, 19, allegedly beaten brutally by a police officer for the suspicion of theft in a shop close to his brother’s shop in the Chhatta Agra area.
The young man was treated at a private hospital on Wednesday after his condition began to deteriorate.
The victim’s family approached BJP Mla Yogendra Upadhyay and told the incident.
Upadhyay assured them that he would speak with a senior police officer.
Yash’s Elder Brother Prashant Verma has a shop in Khalsa Gali where they polish silver jewelry.
Yash also often visits shops to help his brother.
Prashant told media people that there was theft reported in one of the stores in the area on Sunday.
The next day, the police had called everyone present in their shops that day, to be questioned.
Everything was released at night after the investigation.
On Tuesday, Chowki Incharge peepli showered, called Yash to the police station and allegedly hit him and forced him to acknowledge the crime, which he did not do, claimed Prashant Brother Elder.
Speaking with Toi, Uncle Yash Mithan Lal Verma said that his nephew, a class XII student, innocent and the police beat him brutally due to the legiveness of pain.
His condition was bad, so he had been hospitalized.
“We have reported this to BJP Mla Upadhyay and urged him for justice in this matter,” he said.
When contacted, the Chhatta Incharge Police Station RK Singh said that “even though all allegations were unfounded, this problem was being asked”.