Elderly mother of the Bihar police officer who was allegedly beaten to death by a mob during a raid in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district the previous day, died due to shock Sunday, family and police sources said.
by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 12, 2021 01:08 PM
Kishanganj Police Station SHO Ashwini Kumar.
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The Goalpokhar (West Bengal) police initially resisted the registration of a murder case and wanted to register a case of unnatural death. An unnatural death case would have allowed the perpetrators of the crime to go scot free.
It was only after senior Bihar Police officers intervened that the Bengal Police agreed to register a murder case and carry out raids at Pantapara to nab the accused.
At a time when media and political attention remained focused on the deaths of four young men in firing by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at Sitalkuchi in north Bengalâs Cooch Behar district, the lynching of a police officer from Bihar in the Muslim-majority Uttar Dinajpur district of Bengal in the wee hours of Saturday (10 April) received scant attention.
Updated Apr 11, 2021 | 06:12 IST
A team of police personnel from the Panjipara outpost rescued the Bihar police officer and took him to the Islampur Sadar Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, they said. Bihar police officer beaten to death by mob during raid in West Bengal [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Kishanganj/Islampur: A police officer from Bihar was allegedly beaten to death by a mob during a raid in West Bengal s Uttar Dinajpur district in the early hours of Saturday, officials said.
The incident happened in Pantapada village in the Goalpokhar police station area of the district after midnight when Ashwini Kumar, the Station House Officer of Kishanganj police station in Bihar, was leading a raid in connection with a motorcycle theft case, they said.
7 policemen suspended over lynching of Bihar SHO in Bengal
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The officer got no support from his team or local police
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The officer got no support from his team or local police
A day after a Bihar police official from Kishanganj district was lynched in West Bengal’s north Dinajpur district while conducting raid in a motorbike theft case, seven policemen were suspended on Sunday for dereliction of duty.
The suspended policemen were accompanying the Kishanganj town police Station House Officer Ashwini Kumar, a 1994 batch officer, while conducting raid at Pantapada village under Goalpokhar police station of north Dinajpur district of West Bengal early on Saturday. Apart from Mr. Kumar, all others escaped unhurt while the SHO who was leading the raiding team, was caught and lynched by a mob.