UP: Woman dies of panic attack after cops raid home on suspicion of storing beef, no evidence found
Meerut: A 55-year-old woman died, reportedly of a panic attack, on Monday after a police team raided her home in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, acting on a tip-off that beef was being stored at her residence. However, no objectionable material was found during the operation. The raid was conducted under suspicion of violating Uttar Pradesh's anti-cow slaughter laws, which prohibit cow slaughter and the sale or transport of beef.
According to report by The Indian Express, the deceased, identified as Razia, was a resident of Khatai village. Her son, Nasim, alleged that the four police constables involved in the raid entered their house aggressively and misbehaved with the women present. “They ransacked the household articles while we pleaded that we had not stored anything the government banned. My mother had a panic attack due to the police’s behaviour. We rushed her to the local clinic, where the doctor pronounced her dead,” Nasim told IE.
Following the incident, Superintendent of Police Abhishek Jha has ordered an inquiry into the raid and the role of the police informer. “Necessary legal action will be taken against the informer for providing biased information to the police, and against the police officers if our probe finds them guilty,” Jha stated, as reported by IE.
Nagina MLA Manoj Kumar Paras of the Samajwadi Party condemned the raid and led a delegation of local leaders and Muslim clerics to the SP office, demanding stricter action against the officers involved. He emphasised his responsibility to ensure that no one, regardless of caste or community, is subjected to harassment by police of anti-social elements.
However, Station House Officer Jai Bhagwan Singh of the Kiratpur police station in Bijnor stated that Razia's death was unrelated to the raid. Singh claimed that Razia was an asthma patient who had been receiving treatment for several years.
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Fire at mass marriage event attended by Dy CM Shivakumar, nobody affected
Raichur (Karnataka) (PTI): Fire broke out near the stage of the mass marriage event that was attended by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar here, police said on Sunday.
Nobody was affected, and the fire was immediately put out, they said.
The fire was noticed shortly after Shivakumar and other dignitaries left the stage, and Forest Minister Eshwaran Khandre was speaking to the media at the venue in Sindhanur, officials said.
According to officials, wires, speakers, and cloth materials near the stage caught fire, allegedly due to a short circuit.
Police personnel present at the spot quickly swung into action and extinguished the fire.
The programme was halted for some time and resumed later, they said.
Several ministers, legislators and political leaders from the region, and actor Sudeep had attended the event.
