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NHRC issues notice to DGP Chhattisgarh after youth allegedly dies by suicide over police “humiliation”

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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission took a suo motu cognizance of a media report which stated that a 23-year-old man has committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train, as he could not bear the humiliation of watching his father being beaten up mercilessly by the police personnel at a Police Station in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, informed officials on Friday.
The Commission observed that the contents of the media report, if true, amount to a violation of the right to life and dignity of the victims. “Apparently, a minor issue of hitting someone with a bike resulted in the highhandedness and abuse of power by the police, who not only illegally arrested and detained the father of the victim but also gave him severe beatings as mentioned in the news report. The son suffered humiliation when he saw his father being beaten up by the police and committed suicide out of embarrassment. A precious human life has been lost due to the apparent insensible and inhuman approach of the police personnel,” read an official statement by NHRC.

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The Commission issued a notice to the Director General of Police, Chhattisgarh calling for a detailed report in the matter within 4 weeks including action taken against the police personnel responsible and whether any relief has been granted to the aggrieved family.
The top human rights watchdog also asked its Special Rapporteur for the State of Chhattisgarh, Umesh Kumar Sharma to visit the concerned police station in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh to enquire immediately how solemn directions of the Apex Court in the DK Basu vs. State of West Bengal 1997 (1) SCC 416 have been violated by the police authorities of the district concerned and to find out the culpability of the public servant, who purported to put the victim under torture, which is constitutionally prohibited and goes against the cardinal principles of UN convention against torture.
He is also expected to suggest measures to stop this menace of custodial torture by fixing accountability upon superior officers. His report is expected within two months.
“According to the media report, carried on 30th November 2022, the motorbike of the victim collided with a group of women who made a complaint against him and the police came to his house searching for him. He could not be found by the police and instead his father was taken to the police station. As the news of arrest of his father came to the notice of the victim, he reached police station and found that his father was being beaten up by the police personnel in their custody. Later, the father and son duo were released by the police the same night. The next day, the young man, who was reportedly upset due to the incident, left his house and committed suicide by jumping in front of a moving train,” added the statement.

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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been conducting searches at 45 locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with its ongoing probe into October 23 Coimbatore LPG cylinder explosion that occurred in a car, sources said on Thursday.

New Delhi:  The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been conducting searches at 45 locations in Tamil Nadu in connection with its ongoing probe into October 23 Coimbatore LPG cylinder explosion that occurred in a car, sources said on Thursday.

A 29-year-old man Jameesha Mubin was killed in a car explosion near a temple in Coimbatore during the wee hours on October 23. NIA officials, in coordination with state police, started its raids early Thursday at the residential premises of suspects related to incidents in areas like Kottamedu, Ponvizha Nagar, Rathinapuri, and Ukkadam.

The Central anti-terror agency’s massive search occurred nearly 15 days after it registered a case following the Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalization (CTCR) division of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an order asking it to start a probe into the matter.

The MHA order was issued a day after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin recommended for NIA probe in the case.

Stalin, in a recommendation letter, to the MHA had requested to transfer the investigation of the case related to the car cylinder explosion in the Ukkadam area in Coimbatore to the NIA and directed police to ensure security in Coimbatore.

Tamil Nadu Police so far has arrested over half a dozen people in connection with the case, and have invoked the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

Those arrested are learnt to be associates of Jameesha Mubin, who was charred to death in suspicious circumstances after an LPG cylinder inside a Maruti 800 he was driving exploded near a temple around 4 am.

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As per police Mubin, 25, who was an engineering graduate, has been previously questioned by the NIA officials in 2019 for alleged terror links. His name is mentioned as the primary accused in the case.

Among the arrested people are Mohammad Thalka (25), Mohammad Asarudheen (25), Muhammad Riyaz (27), Feroz Ismail (27), Mohammad Navaz Ismail (27), and Afsar Khan, a relative of the deceased.

Khan is the cousin of the deceased and he was picked two days before the blast by the special investigation team. The explosion occurred in Ukkadam which is a communally sensitive area.

In a raid, the state police had claimed to seize materials used to make explosives in Mubin’s house in Ukkadam. They seized 75 kgs of potassium nitrate, charcoal, aluminium powder and sulphur which can be used to make explosives.

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