As per a tweet posted by Journalist Ahmed Khabeer on Twitter, a 19-year-old Muslim boy has been hospitalised after suffering from severe injuries from custodial torture. Mohammad Danish, a polytechnic student from the Delhupur area of Pratapgarh district in Uttar Pradesh, is in critical condition after reportedly being beaten by police while he was in police custody.
The tweet can be accessed here:
A 19-year-old polytechnic student “Danish” was allegedly beaten by cops in Police Custody after an argument when he failed to provide DL during Vehicle Checking in Pratapgarhi, UP. He has been admitted to hospital, currently in critical condition.
— Ahmed Khabeer احمد خبیر (@AhmedKhabeer_) May 11, 2023
According to Danish’s family members, on May 10, cops had stopped him on Ayodhya-Prayagraj Highway for not showing his driving license while he was returning home from Chhitpalgarh market on his motorcycle. It was alleged that merely for not having his driving license on him, the police abused and beat him, and even gone to the extent of giving him electric shocks, before taking him to the police station.
A formal complaint has been filed by Danish’s brother against the two unknown police officers and Inspector Ram Anuj Yadav under sections 323 (punishment for causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with the intent to provoke breach of peace), and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of the Indian Penal Code at the Delhupur police station, according to the information provided by Maktoob media, based on the FIR copy accessed.
Danish is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Prayagraj. To the said tweet by Ahmed Khabeer, the Pratapgarh Police had replied and said that an investigation into the incident has been launched by the police. The departmental procedure is underway for further action, said police. A case has been registered against the accused policemen at the Delhi police station for legal action, it said in a tweet.
The tweet can be accessed here:
प्रकरण को संज्ञान में लेकर उक्त पुलिसकर्मी के विरुद्ध थाना देल्हूपुर में अभियोग पंजीकृत कर विधिक कार्यवाही की जा रही है। विभागीय कार्यवाही हेतु प्रक्रिया प्रचलित है।
— PRATAPGARH POLICE (@pratapgarhpol) May 11, 2023
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