Lucknow: A young man in question calls for Kasganj police station in case of kidnapping death, with family members alleged that he was killed by police personnel.
The police claimed that Altaf, 22, had strangled herself using a string from the hood of his jacket in the bathroom locking the police and said five policemen have been suspended for negligence after the incident on Tuesday.
Opposition parties attacked the government’s Samajwadi Yogi Adityanath to “another custodial death”, saying that criminals and police “encounter” law and order in the state under BJP rule.
Splitting the sequence of events, the superintendent of police, Kasganj, Rohan Pramod Botre said on Wednesday, “One Altaf (from Locality Syed Nagla) was called in for questioning in Component Police Kasganj in cases related to the IPC Section 363 (kidnapping) and 366 (Kidnapping, kidnapping or inducing woman to compel her marriage) on Tuesday morning.
“During interrogation, he asked the police to go to the restroom and allowed to use the restroom in the lock.
“He was wearing a jacket in black.
He tried to strangle himself with a cord in the hood (jacket) that she bind to tap the toilet.
When he did not return for some time, the police went inside and found him unconscious..
He was rushed to the health center, Ashok Nagar in Kasganj, where he died, “said SP.
Postmortem victim is being done, he said.
“LAX police will be punished.
We have suspended five policemen in this connection,” he said.
Kin of victims, however, alleged that he was killed by police.
Samajwadi Party took to Twitter to attack AdyityAnath Yogi government, calling the incident was disappointing “Thoko (Trigger-Happy) UP”.
“At the top, under the protection of the chief minister, the criminals and the police held a meeting of law and order.
The police are guilty should face murder and should be punished,” said Samajwadi Party in a tweet in Hindi.
The incident was approached heel sanitation worker, who is accused of stealing Rs 25 lakh from Jagdishpura Agra Police Station, died in police custody after his health deteriorated during interrogation.