YAVATMAL: Six police personnel, including police station officer PI Yeshwant Baviskar, have been shifted from Darwha on Wednesday, in the aftermath of the custodial death of a youth on Tuesday.
PI Yeshwant Baviskar and Sub Inspector Sunil Visputhe have been moved to the Control Room while four others; head constables Purushottom Bawane and Sanjay Mahurle, constable Sachin Jadhav and driver Sabbir Pappuwala have been moved to police headquarters, informed Yavatmal SP Dr Dilip Patil Bhujbal here on Thursday.
“We have registered an accidental death under section 176 of CrPC on a complaint lodged by the brother of the deceased,” Bhujbal said, adding that a preliminary enquiry by the SDPO Darwha has been ordered and a report is expected in two days. After receiving the enquiry report, action would be taken against the prima facie guilty of the death, Bhujbal said.
Special commissioner of police of Amravati Chandrashekhar Meena visited Darwha after the incident. The investigation has been handed over to the CID and CID SP Amok Gaonkar from Amravati also visited Darwha on Thursday and started the investigation. The local CID team would assist him, said the SP.
The town has returned to normalcy as community leaders have extended their cooperation to the police, which helped bring peace and harmony immediately, SP Bhujbal told TOI on Thursday.
There had been a quarrel between a few youths in the Railway Station area of Darwha town on Tuesday night. The matter was brought to the notice of the police and a team led by PSI Sunil Visputhe visited the spot and took three youths, including victim Sheikh Irfan, into custody. At the police station, the cops beat up the trio and one of them collapsed and died instantly. The cops rushed the youth to Government Rural Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
