3 min readNew DelhiMay 30, 2011 01:17 AM IST
First published on: May 30, 2011 at 01:17 AM IST
Till a while ago,they were supposed to protect citizens from criminals. Now,however,the tables have turned.
Seven Uttarakhand policemen,who are in Tihar Jail for their alleged involvement in the killing of an MBA student in a fake encounter in July 2009,have knocked the doors of a city court asking for orders to the prison authorities to ensure their well-being inside the jail premises and also while being produced in the court.
Moving a bunch of applications before Special CBI Judge V K Maheshwari,the policemen expressed threats to their life and safety from other inmates in Tihar,and while travelling in the same van with these “hardcore” criminals to a Tis Hazari court for hearings.
The applications were moved by accused Santosh Kumar Jaiswal,Gopal Dutt Bhatt,Rajesh Bisht,Neeraj Kumar,Nitin Chauhan,Chander Mohan Singh Rawat and Ajit Singh — all Uttarakhand Police personnel who were forced to surrender before the city court after their bail was cancelled by the Supreme Court in March.
“They are lodged in Tihar and are being transported to the court in a common vehicle along with other prisoners. They all have apprehensions that other prisoners are likely to cause harm to them by inflicting injuries and hence separate arrangement of their transportation from jail to court and vice versa may be made. Separate arrangement of their lodging in jail be also made,” the judge read out from their applications.
Taking their plea on record,Special Judge Maheshwari then forwarded the plea to the jail superintendent concerned and asked him to see if their requests could be allowed as per rules.
“Jail superintendents are directed to look into the matter and take all measures for their safety in jail and providing a separate van while commuting to and from the court as per the rules,” said the judge.
MBA student from Ghaziabad Ranveer Singh had gone to search for a job in Dehradun when he was allegedly picked up by Dehradun police officials on July 2,2009. He was allegedly gunned down on July 3. Investigation of the case was handed over to the CBI on a request by the Uttarakhand government. The agency in its preliminary report had stated that the encounter was fake.
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