India News | FIR Against Four Cops over Autorickshaw Driver's Death in UP's Ghaziabad
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. An FIR was lodged against four police personnel, including the Kanavani police outpost in-charge, over the death of an autorickshaw driver, officials said on Tuesday.
Ghaziabad (UP), Jan 10 (PTI) An FIR was lodged against four police personnel, including the Kanavani police outpost in-charge, over the death of an autorickshaw driver, officials said on Tuesday.
The four police personnel have also been suspended.
The FIR was lodged against Kanawani police outpost in-charge Amit Kumar and three other cops on the orders of Commissioner Ajay Kumar Mishra.
A group of autorickshaw drivers on Monday blocked traffic on CISF Road in Indirapuram for more than five hours, alleging that a colleague of them died of police beating. The cousin of the victim, identified as 25-year-old Dharam Pal Yadav, alleged that he was beaten by police at the outpost on Sunday night.
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Yadav had severe chest pain in the morning and was rushed to a private hospital where he was declared brought dead.
All four personnel, including the outpost in-charge were suspended after investigation, the police said.
An FIR has been registered under Section 304 A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code and other relevant sections.
Criticising the BJP regime, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav asked it to pay Rs 1 crore to the victim's wife and sought a government job for her. He also announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to her.
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