Suicide: Anup Pathak’s supporters allege inaction, gherao police station in Jalandhar

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, September 30

A large number of supporters of Anup Pathak (husband of Congress councillor Radhika Pathak), who had committed suicide on Tuesday, held a protest over police inaction outside the Police Division number four on Thursday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Gurmeet Singh, ADCP City-1 Suhail Mir and ACP Balwinder Iqbal Singh Kahlon, who reached the spot, tried to persuade the family members to cremate his body.

More than 200 supporters of Anup gheraoed police station today morning. The DCP said they would arrest the accused named in the suicide note within two days and urged family of the deceased’s to perform his last rites.

Anup’s son Karan said the police have failed to nab the accused even after two days of the incident.

Karan alleged that cops were under pressure due to which the accused have not been held so far. The protesters said if the police fail to to arrest the accused, they would gherao the Police Commissioner’s residence.

After getting the assurance from senior police officials, the aggrieved family members performed the last rites around 5 pm.

Anup had reportedly committed suicide at his residence after receiveing threats and named Inderjit Chaudhary, Amrik Sandhu and Ravinder Singh Chaudhary, in the suicide note.