BJP’s Bithri Chainpur MLA Dr. Raghavendra Sharma and SP District President Shivcharan Kashyap came face to face on Saturday at the funeral of Santosh Sharma (48 years), resident of Alampur Jafrabad village of Bhamora police station area of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. There was a lot of altercation between the two regarding the last rites. SP District President and his supporters were talking about the last rites after the arrest of the accused police personnel. He said that the last rites would take place only after the arrival of a senior police officer. Due to which the BJP MLA strongly advised not to do politics in the funeral. This made things worse. SP District President became furious. It even reached the point of fighting. With great difficulty people calmed down. Its video is going viral on social media. However, the cremation took place under tight police security. But, as a precautionary measure, police forces from several police stations have been deployed in the village. The post-mortem of deceased Santosh was done on Friday midnight. After this, the body was taken to the village for last rites on Saturday. A large number of people were gathered there.
Injuries on the body, know the matter
The post-mortem has revealed injury marks on the body of the deceased. The relatives of the deceased have claimed 8 injury marks on the body. He alleged that the police personnel had beaten him till he lost his life. Family members allege that Santosh was badly beaten by the police for not revealing the names of the gamblers who fled from the spot. Due to which SSP Ghule Sushil Chandrabhan suspended seven police personnel including the Inspector of Sardar Nagar outpost who were part of the team. On the complaint of deceased Santosh’s brother Krishna Kumar, a murder report has been registered against 10 people, naming six policemen and an ambulance driver. After the death of Santosh in the hospital, the villagers had an altercation with the police personnel.
Krishna Kumar alleges that on Wednesday night at around 9.30 pm, the police of Sardar Nagar outpost reached the village along with Vijay, the driver of the ambulance parked at the outpost. Three people without uniform were with the team. The police had come there to catch gambling, but seeing the team the gamblers ran away. It is alleged that the police asked Santosh, who was returning from the fields, the names of the gamblers. But, Santosh refused to reveal anyone’s name out of fear. On this, the police team beat Santosh badly with kicks, punches and the butt of the rifle. By the time the family members reached the spot after hearing the noise, the policemen had run away. According to SP Dehat Mukesh Mishra, a report has been registered in the matter. Police had gone to Alampur on information about gambling. There was a stampede among the gamblers. During this time Santosh was also present there. He also got injured in the stampede. The policemen had gone to catch gambling without informing the authorities. SSP Ghule Sushil Chandrabhan on Friday suspended Sardar Nagar outpost incharge Tinku Kumar, Head Constable Pushpendra Rana, Manoj Kumar, Constable Ankit Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Satyajit Singh and Constable Mohit Kumar of Bhamaura police station area. This has created a stir in the police department. Along with this, due to tension in the village, a large number of police have been deployed.
Know what SP District President said
SP District President Shivcharan Kashyap told BollywoodWallah that he had gone to the funeral. His family members were demanding the arrest of the accused police personnel. He asked me to talk to the authorities. Therefore, he tried to talk to senior police officers by calling them. That’s why I called. But instead of providing justice to the victim’s family, BJP MLAs started talking about not doing politics. There was a minor dispute on this matter. I lent my shoulder at the funeral. After this he returned.
BJP MLA gave shoulder to the bier
BJP MLA from Bithri Assembly Dr. Raghavendra Sharma shouldered the bier during the funeral. He told BollywoodWallah that the deceased were his relatives. An FIR has been registered against the accused police personnel under section 302 and they have been suspended. Post mortem was done till 2 o’clock in the night. Police is raiding in search of the accused. Financial assistance is also being provided. But, SP District President arrived with three-four people. He was not allowing the last rites to take place. They were showing their politics. Was advised not to do politics regarding that. But SP has an old habit of doing politics over dead bodies.
Report Muhammad Sajid, Bareilly