According to police, Rajkumar alias Raju, a local businessman from Bisana village, was detained on Monday after a clash between two groups and brought to Chandpa police station along with another accused Akash.
Chauhan’s daughter Sakshi said, “An hour later, the other man returned home, but my father was not released.”
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“Later, we were told that our father was being taken to the hospital as his condition deteriorated. We hurriedly reached the hospital where the doctor told the policemen in our presence that he was not well and could not be discharged. But the policemen forcibly took our father to Chandpa police station. At around 5 am on Tuesday, we were told that he had died. We went back to Chandpa police station and saw the body, which had multiple injury marks,” said Chauhan’s son Manvendra. The family alleged that Chauhan was murdered by policemen at the behest of Udaybhan Singh, with whom the family has a decade-old enmity over a 50 bigha farm plot.
“Five days have passed since the death of my father after police torture at Chandpa police station, but no arrests have been made so far. We have demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident and arrest of those responsible for my father’s death. We hope that the Chief Minister will take strict steps to ensure justice,” Sakshi said.
“I have sent a letter to the CM through email requesting him to spare time for the family so that justice can be ensured,” the chief said. BJPHathras unit Gaurav Arya.
On Tuesday, five policemen including Chandpa station in-charge were suspended. Three FIRs have been registered, including an attempt to murder charge against two policemen.
Meanwhile, quoting the post-mortem report, the police said that Chauhan died of cardiac arrest. Girish Kumar Gautam, the new in-charge of Chandpa police station, said, “There is no police involvement in the matter. We have deployed adequate police force in the village to ensure that no untoward incident takes place.” Indian Express on 19 May.
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