2 MP constables booked for murder after student’s death

A case of murder has been registered against two police constables for their alleged involvement in the death of a 22-year-old BTech student after an assault in Bhopal, an official said on Saturday.

Constables -- identified as Santosh Bamaniya and Saurabh Arya -- were suspended after the incident came to light on Friday. A video clip of the assault circulating on social media purportedly shows one policeman holding the victim, Udit Gaayke, while another hits him with a stick.

Bhopal Zone-2 DCP Vivek Singh said that a case under Section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against the constables once the post-mortem report arrived. "The duo will be arrested soon," he added.

According to the victim's friends, they were partying in Indrapuri on Thursday night. One of them was dropping Gaayke home around 1.30 am when the latter spotted the police and ran into an alley, they said.

They said the cops chased him and beat him, and he was later found with his shirt torn and bruises on his body. They further alleged that the accused cops sought Rs 10,000 when asked to stop the assault. Gaayke was rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.