Kanpur businessman’s murder: CBI files charges against 6 UP policemen

The policemen from Ramgarh Tal police station in Gorakhpur had allegedly barged into Gupta’s hotel room at the midnight on September 27 last year and assaulted him, leading to his death, they said.

By: Express News Service

Lucknow | Updated: January 8, 2022 02:48 AM IST

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The policemen from Ramgarh Tal police station in Gorakhpur had allegedly barged into Kanpur businessman Manish Gupta's hotel room at the midnight on September 27 last year and assaulted him, leading to his death.(File)

More than three months after the death of Kanpur property dealer Manish Gupta during a police raid at a Gorakhpur hotel, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a chargesheet against six policemen, including an inspector-rank officer, for murder among other charges.

The chargesheet, which has been submitted in a special court in Lucknow, listed various Indian Penal Code (IPC) charges against the accused policemen including causing hurt, criminal intimidation, tampering with evidence and frame-up by government officials.

The six accused, all in jail, are inspector Jagat Narayan Singh; sub-inspectors Akshay Kumar Mishra, Vijay Yadav and Rahul Dubey; head constable Kamlesh Singh Yadav; and constable Prashant Kumar. Jagat Narayan Singh was the station house officer of Ramgarh police station in Gorakhpur while others held different posts there.

Based on a police complaint filed by Manish Gupta’s wife, Meenakshi Gupta, an FIR was lodged against three police officers and an unidentified one.

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