SIT to inquire alleged custodial death in Panipat police station

Mukesh Tandon
Tribune News Service
Sonepat, June 9

Superintendent of Police on Wednesday constituted a special investigation team (SIT) led by an Additional Superintendent of Police to inquire about the alleged custodial death of a 50-year-old man in Quila police station during interrogation on Tuesday. Besides, a judicial probe has also been initiated into the matter.

The police have registered a case against an Assistant Sub-Inspector and two more persons allegedly for murdering the man and arrested all the three accused.

As per the available information, Ayub Khan, a distant relative of a person accused of abducting a 22-year-old girl, died after he was allegedly tortured by a police officer and the girl’s family members on the roof of the Quila police station.

As per the detail available, a case was registered against Irshad (25) of Ashok Vihar colony for allegedly abducting a 23-year old girl of the same vicinity on May 27. The Quila police have registered a case against Irshad and others under sections 363 and 366 of IPC.

On Tuesday, ASI Dharamvir, who was investigating the case, brought the Ayub Khan, a distant relative of the accused Irshad to inquire about the suspect.

The family members of Ayub Khan alleged that they took him on the roof of the police station where ASI Dharamvir along with Sumit and Sunil, both relatives of the girl, tortured him badly where he died in the evening.

The police officials immediately rushed him to the general hospital where doctors declared brought dead. As the family members received information about the death of Ayub Khan, they gathered in the general hospital and protested against the police.

The family members also alleged that the ASI had demanded Rs 40,000 for settled the issue.

SP Shashank Kumar Sawan said a case has been registered against the three including ASI Dharamvir, Sunil, and Sumit under sections 302 (murder) and 34 (act done in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The accused have been produced in the court on Wednesday and the court has sent the accused ASI on two days of police custody and sent the two accused to judicial custody, he added.

Besides, an SIT headed by ASP Pooja Vashishth has been constituted to inquire the matter and said no accused would be spared, he added.

Besides, the postmortem of the deceased has been conducted under the supervision of Judicial Magistrate Ist Class (JMIC) and also made videography of the deceased’s autopsy today. The dead body has been handed over to the victim’s kin after postmortem examination, said Satish Kumar Vats, DSP Headquarter.

The viscera and heart of the deceased were preserved which would be sent to the forensic laboratory to clear the cause of death, the DSP added.