Uttarakhand cops accused of beating villager to death missing

Three police and two Home Guard personnel, allegedly involved in beating up a villager, who later died, in Rahmatpur...

Three police and two Home Guard personnel, allegedly involved in beating up a villager, who later died, in Rahmatpur near Roorkee city in Hardwar district, are reported missing since Sunday.

According to police officials, a team headed by sub-inspector Shanti Kumar had gone to the village in connection with a child kidnapping case. A raid was conducted on a tip-off that kidnappers were hiding in the village. Adil, a seven-year-old boy of

Libberhedi village under Mangalore police station, was kidnapped on August 23.

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The police team caught Mohsin, Islam and Asghar from a house on Saturday night. When their family members resisted the arrest and raised an alarm, the police team allegedly started beating them up. Meanwhile, Noor Hasan, a neighbourer and carpenter by profession, also intervened.

It has been alleged that Hasan was hit by the policemen and later succumbed to injuries sustained in the process. This infuriated villagers who attacked the police party forcing it to flee. The villagers later staged a dharna while carrying the body of Hasan. Five legislators of the Bahujan Samaj Party—Shahzad, Haridass, Surender Rakesh, Qazi Nizamuddin and Yashvir—along with state party chief Surajmal also joined the dharna.

The villagers were pacified only when Hardwar Senior Superintendent of Police P Murugashan assured them that a complaint against Shanti Kumar, sub-inspector, two policemen and two Home Guard personnel would be filed. After post-mortem, Hasan’s body was buried late on Sunday night. Police officials said all the accused policemen had been missing after the incident and efforts were on to arrest them.

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