FIR lodged against Jalandhar police post in-charge
THE MOVE CAME AFTER THE ASI WAS SUSPENDED ON FRIDAY FOR TORTURING FOUR MIGRANTS SUSPECTED OF SNATCHING
JALANDHAR: The Commissionerate police on Sunday registered a first information report (FIR) against the Focal Point police post in-charge assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Gopal Singh in connection with alleged custodial torture of four suspects in a case of snatching on Thursday night.
The move came after senior officers suspended assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Gopal Singh, the police post in-charge, on Friday night.
The ASI and his team suspected the victims, migrant labourers who hail from Uttar Pradesh, of snatching `4,000 on the night of June 25.A case has been registered against the ASI.
Station house officer (SHO) Bimal Kant said the police had registered a case and the ASI was yet to be arrested.
When asked about the staff member of a police post, the SHO said ACP (north) Amneet Kondal was conducting an investigation about their role and action would be taken accordingly.
As per information, Anu, a resident of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, lodged a complaint with the Focal Point police that four bike-borne persons with their faces covered snatched `4,000 from him on Thursday night near the Focal Point Chowk.
On June 26, ASI Gopal Singh and his team took Daleep Kumar of Guru Gobind Singh Nagar, Manish Kumar of Model Town, Deepu and Santosh of Lajpat Nagar, all in their twenties, in custody from the Focal Point Chowk when they were on their way to a ‘qawwali’ night near a religious shrine at Reru village on two motorcycles.
Singh, who had joined the police post as in charge on May 19, did not inform his seniors that he was taking the four into custody on charges of snatching.
The ASI, along with the staff, beat them up with slippers and wooden sticks and kept them half-naked, the victims claimed. Their bodies have injury marks.
The ASI informed SHO Bimal Kant on Friday that he was going to register a case against them on the basis of the complaint. The SHO questioned them in the police post and found no incriminating evidence against them after which they were let off.