In a shocking scenario, two police officials have been arrested for allegedly being involved in the murder of a 22-year-old BTech student in Madhya Pradesh’s capital, Bhopal, officials said on Sunday.
As reported by news agency PTI, police constables Santosh Bamaniya and Saurabh Arya were charged with murder on Saturday after the postmortem report suggested the student died due to pancreatic haemorrhage caused by trauma.
The postmortem report of the 22-year-old student prompted the authorities to arrest two police officers involved in a brutal assault, an official said.
While addressing the issue, the Bhopal Zone-2 Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vivek Singh told the media that the two constables were arrested shortly after midnight on Sunday.
A video quickly went viral on social media which purportedly shows a policeman holding the victim, Udit Gaayke, while another hits him with a stick. The brutal assault by the police officials on the student was largely condemned by the people online, which forced the officials to take action against the two accused.
Bhopal Zone-2 The deputy commissioner, while stating about the further proceedings, said that “a case under section 103 (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against the constables after the autopsy report was received,” as cited by news agency PTI.
According to the victim`s friends, they were partying in the Indrapuri area on Thursday night when this unfortunate incident happened.
They said that ‘One of them was dropping Gaayke home around 1.30 am (on Friday) when the latter spotted the police and ran into an alley. Following him, the cops chased him and beat him up; later he was found with his shirt torn and with bruises on his body,” as cited by news agency PTI.
Friends of the victim further claimed that the accused cops sought Rs 10,000 when asked to stop the assault. However, considering that Gaayke was brutally attacked by the cops, he was immediately rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Another official, while talking to the media, said that the deceased student`s parents work in Bhopal, while his brother-in-law is a deputy superintendent of police in Balaghat district.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) targeted Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, who also holds charge of the home department, in connection with the incident.
CPI(M) state secretary Jaswinder Singh stated that, “The student`s murder by two policemen shows the law and order situation in Madhya Pradesh. He further said that the situation has deteriorated and the lives of common citizens have become unsafe. The police can take the life of a person for a bribe of Rs 10,000, he charged. The CPI (M) leader further demanded that the victim`s family should be given a compensation of Rs 1 crore.
(With inputs from PTI)