Six cops booked for death of 24-year-old man
Dehradun, Sept. 9 -- Uttarakhand police has booked six of its police officials in connection with the death of a gym trainer, whose body with injury marks was recovered from a pond in Roorkee village in August last year.
The accused cops were identified as sub inspector Sharad Singh, Constable Sunil Saini, Praveen Saini and three other unidentified.
The FIR was registered evening under relevant sections, including murder, of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) following an order of the 3rd additional sessions judge Rakesh Kumar Singh on September 4, dismissing an appeal filed by cops against the July order of chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Avinash Kumar Srivastava for registration of the FIR against them.
Haridwar police had claimed that Wasim (24) was carrying cow meat on a scooter and jumped into the pond of Madhopur village in Roorkee while he was being chased by cow protection squad of the Ganganahar police station in the early hours of August 25, 2024, while the deceased's family alleged that he was beaten mercilessly by the police before being thrown into the pond, which led to his death.
Refuting the allegations, the police stated that the injuries on his body were likely caused by hitting a solid object, and also attributed a facial injury on the body to a fish bite in the pond....
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