NAGPUR: Tension prevailed in east Nagpur after a man died on Wednesday after being indiscriminately beaten up by policemen in full public view under the Pardi police station limits. Locals identified the deceased as Manoj Thaokar.
Preliminary information revealed that Thaokar’s two-wheeler allegedly hit a police sub-inspector on nakabandi duty on Pardi road, reports Proshun Chakraborty.
The upset cops bashed Thaokar mercilessly and later took him to Pardi police station and started the procedure to arrest him by filing an FIR. Before the police could complete the process, it is learnt that Thaokar fell unconscious at the police station itself.
The cops then rushed him to Shri Bhawani Multispeciality Hospital And Research Institute in Pardi, where the doctors declared him brought dead.
As the news spread, relatives of the deceased and residents of the area gathered in large numbers outside the police station demanding action against the cops.
Senior police officers, including commissioner of police Amitesh Kumar, DCP Neelotpal among others rushed to the Pardi police station. Quick response teams and anti-riot squads were also posted to prevent any untoward incident.
Senior PI Sunil Gangurde was not available for his comments.
State CID officers reached Pardi spot and the incident is being treated as ‘deemed custodial death’. After accidental death is registered, the state CID is likely to take over the case.
Postmortem would be done in the presence of a magistrate and video recorded. A team of doctors would be conducting the post-mortem.
The deceased was physically challenged and also visually impaired. Eye-witness claimed his clothes suggested that he was thrashed in a nude state at the police chowki.
