Rajasthan man in ICU after alleged brutality during police custody
Jaipur/Sikar, Sep 18: A man was allegedly beaten up in police custody and made to do 500 sit-ups in Rajasthan's Sikar district following which he had to be admitted to an ICU ward of a hospital.
Family members of victim Vijendra Kumar have submitted a memorandum to Sikar district Superintendent of Police (SP) who has ordered a probe into the matter.
Shubita Devi, the mother of victim, in her complaint to the SP has alleged that the incident took place on September 9 when his son and friend Sandeep Singh were getting their vehicle repaired in Laxmangarh.
At around 5 pm, the cops of Laxmangarh police station came there, beat them up and took them to the police station, she said.
She complained the two were abused, beaten up and made to do 500 sit-ups. After 300 sit-ups, Kumar, who had started feeling unwell, was asked to become a 'Murga'.
Later cops started beating them up and they fell unconscious. Thereafter they both were arrested under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 151 and released on bail the next day, Devi said.
Kumar was taken to a doctor, who on September 15 was referred to Sikar, and is currently in the ICU of SMS hospital in Jaipur.
SP Kunwar Rashtradeep said the accused is undergoing kidney dialysis since September 15.
He said no mention of any injury has been reported by the doctors, adding that the police had arrested them on September 11 and released them on bail the next day.
"We are getting the charges levelled by the family members probed by a senior officer," he said.
Demanding action against the guilty police officers, Devi alleged that because of police torture his son's condition is critical.
The police had arrested the duo for disturbing the peace and threatening people.
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Four booked for tying 18-year-old to tree, beating him up in UP's Pratapgarh
Pratapgarh (UP) (PTI): Four people were booked here for the abduction and assault of a man who they allegedly tied to a tree and beat up, police said on Wednesday.
The incident, a video of which has gone viral, took place on Tuesday afternoon under the Kunda police station limits.
The FIR was registered on Wednesday evening based on a complaint from the victim's father.
According to Keshav Prasad Yadav, a resident of Mauli village, some people called his 18-year-old son Nikhil Yadav on the phone and asked him to come out of his house around 2.30 pm on Tuesday.
As he reached outside the village as instructed, the accused allegedly forced him into a car and took him towards the Tinpedwa forest area, where they tied him to a tree and assaulted, the complainant said.
The attackers also recorded a video of the incident and circulated it on social media. The purported video shows the men thrashing Nikhil one after another, while one of them is assumed to have recorded the act.
Kunda Station House Officer Manoj Pandey confirmed the incident and said efforts are underway to identify and arrest all the accused.
Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav has shared the video on social media, describing the incident as reflective of a "dominant mindset" against the PDA (Pichda or Backward, Dalit, and Alpasankhyak or Minority), and demanded strict action against the accused.
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