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.
Lynched Bihar cop s mother dies of shock, cremated together
Lynched Bihar cop s mother dies of shock, cremated together
Mother of Bihar police officer Ashwini Kumar, who was allegedly beaten to death by a mob in West Bengal s Uttar Dinajpur district during a raid, died due to shock on Sunday. Both were cremated together in their village.
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UPDATED: April 12, 2021 11:26 IST
SHO Ashwini Kumar was allegedly beaten to death by a mob during a raid in West Bengal s Uttar Dinajpur district on Saturday
The elderly mother of the Bihar police officer who was allegedly beaten to death by a mob in West Bengal s Uttar Dinajpur district died due to shock on Sunday. Both were cremated in their village in Purnia district.
by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 12, 2021 01:08 PM
Kishanganj Police Station SHO Ashwini Kumar.
Snapshot
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.
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PATNA: Barely 24 hours after the lynching of Kishanganj Town police station SHO Ashwini Kumar in a bordering West Bengal village, his septuagenarian mother Urmila Devi could not bear the shock and died on Sunday. The Kishanganj police team had raided the village to arrest the accused of a bike loot case.
Both Kumar and his mother were cremated together on the outskirts of their village Panchu Mandal Tola under Jankinagar police station area of Banmankhi in Purnia district. Kumar’s mother was suffering from several age-related ailments. His father had died around seven years ago, Kumar’s maternal uncle Subhash Singh told TOI over phone.
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.