Ghaziabad cops face probe for ‘apathy’ towards bleeding teen

I was speaking on my mobile phone when some neighbours arrived and tried to snatch my phone. When I resisted, one of them stabbed me.

Uttar Pradesh police have launched a probe against officers of Vijay Nagar police station in Ghaziabad for their alleged laxity and inhumane behaviour in rushing the victim of a knife attack to a hospital.

A video of the incident was recorded by a local resident and uploaded online, which was widely shared on social media.

Fourteen-year-old Qadir from Vijay Nagar had reached the station around 11am on Friday with a stab wound on his hand. A disturbing video of the incident shows Qadir pacing around at the station complex in pain, with blood running down his hand. The boy, in a desperate attempt to stop the bleeding, had covered his wound with his shirt.

The video shows policemen at the station keeping Qadir wait- ing for nearly 20 minutes and finishing their documentation, rather than rushing him to a hospital urgently.

“I was speaking on my mobile phone when some neighbours arrived and tried to snatch my phone. When I resisted, one of them stabbed me,” Qadir said, on how he was inflicted the would.

The boy and his mother, who was also injured in the attack, were rudely packed off in an autorickshaw to a nearby hospi- tal. One of the constables on duty handed the women their documents and said, “Pakdo isey, chalo... (Hold this and get going).” The constable is later heard telling the auto driver to take them to a hospital, where he said he would be reaching soon.

Station house officer of Vijay Nagar Naresh Kumar Singh said that a case has been filed against the attackers.

Senior policemen on Saturday took cognizance of the video and said they have initiated an inquiry into the behaviour of the officers at Vijay Nagar station.

“We have set up an inquiry into the incident. The officials were busy preparing documentation, which is to be sent to the hospital for medical examination. But the officials should have shown proper behaviour and attended to the injured boy first,” said Manisha Singh, circle officer (city I).