Three police personnel booked for abetting suicide of man, who accused them of harassment
Latur (PTI): A case of abetment of suicide has been registered against three police personnel in Latur district of Maharashtra as a 22-year-old man ended his life after posting a video in which he accused the trio of harassment, officials said.
The deceased, Imran Khalil Belure, a resident of Aurad Shahajani in Nilanga tehsil, died by suicide on Thursday evening, the police said.
According to police sources, Belure was booked in a case of theft a few years back.
Before killing himself, he posted a video on a social media platform accusing three policemen of harassment. Angry relatives and residents staged a sit-in outside Aurad Police Station till late Thursday night, demanding action against the policemen concerned, they said.
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After the post-mortem on Friday, an accidental death was initially registered. However, the victim's relatives and several youths called for a shutdown, resulting in the closure of the marketplace. Additional police forces were deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
In the evening, the body of the deceased was brought to the town under police security. The relatives reiterated their demand for action against the police personnel. Following assurances from the police that due legal action would be taken, the burial was carried out.
"Based on a complaint filed by the deceased's brother, a case of abetment of suicide was registered against assistant police inspector Vitthal Durpade, constable Tanaji Tile and head constable Vilas Patodkar," said inspector Sudhir Suryawanshi of Aurad police station.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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EC hands over probe into gherao of seven judicial officers in Bengal's Malda to NIA
Kolkata (PTI): The Election Commission of India on Thursday handed over the probe into the gherao of the seven judicial officers in West Bengal's Malda district to the NIA, following a Supreme Court directive.
Observing that West Bengal was the "most polarised state", the Supreme Court delivered a stinging indictment of the state administration after seven judicial officers engaged in SIR exercise were held hostage by protesters in Malda district and directed a CBI or NIA probe into the incident.
In an April 2 letter to the National Investigating Agency, the poll body referred to the apex court's order and directed it to probe the Wednesday incident.
Talking to PTI, a top official of the poll body said the NIA team would reach West Bengal on Friday.
Slamming the state administration for its "complete failure" and inaction over the "deplorable" gherao and attack on the officers during the Special Intensive Revision(SIR) of the voters list, the court also asked the EC to "requisition adequate Central Forces and deploy them at all places where judicial officers are adjudicating the objections".
West Bengal will have a two-phase poll -- on April 23 and 29.
The Supreme Court further said the incident was a "brazen attempt not only to browbeat the judicial officers" but also amounted to a challenge to the authority of this Supreme Court.
The top court gave the order after it took suo motu cognisance of a letter from the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court detailing a harrowing night where the judicial officers, including three women and a five-year-old child, were held captive by a mob for over nine hours without food or water.
The incident occurred during the SIR exercise in the Kaliachowk area of Malda district, and as per the order, seven judicial officers were gheraoed by "anti-social elements" at a BDO office starting at 3:30 PM on Wednesday.
The officers were rescued by security forces around midnight on Wednesday after they were gheraoed over the alleged deletion of names from the electoral rolls, officials said.
