Ghaziabad, January 11: Four cops were suspended on Thursday, January 11, and named in a case registered in connection with a suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad. The accused cops are Police Station In-Charge Ramsevak Singh, Inspector Raman Mavi, Salim and a constable. They have been booked for abetment of a man's suicide. The man died at the GTB Hospital in Delhi on January 10.
In December last year, the deceased man's wife was molested by a neighbour. When her husband went to the neighbour's uncle to complain, he was allegedly thrashed. His hand was broken during the beating. When his wife intervened, she was also beaten up. On January 1, the man had poured petrol and set himself on fire at a police station.
Man Alleged Pressure By Police
Before the man succumbed to his burn injuries, he alleged that the police had been pressurizsing him for a settlement with the man who molested his wife. In a video, he said that four cops would be responsible for his death.
A day after the man died while undergoing the treatment, the UP police on Thursday registered a case of abetment of suicide against four policemen. They were also suspended from the service.
