Wife demands CBI probe, accuses senior cops of caste bias
Hitting out at senior police officers, the family stated that they were not informed immediately by the cops but they got to know the incident from one of their relatives.
13 May 2017 12:36 AM IST
Two days after the suicide of Delhi Police Inspector Kaushal Gangoli, his wife and family have demanded CBI inquiry into the incident. They have leveled allegations against senior IPS officer posted in South East district for torturing Kaushal.
"My husband's death case should be transferred to CBI as the police officer responsible for his death is a senior IPS officer. We think for a free and fair probe, the case should be dealt by CBI. How can the police officers investigate if the accused is their senior officer?" said his wife, Lovely Gangoli.
The family alleged that he killed himself over caste discrimination faced at the hands of his senior.
On Wednesday, Kaushal Gangoli allegedly shot himself dead inside a washroom at the Chittaranjan Park police station where he had been operating from for the past one month. Gangoli was deployed with DIU ( District Investigation Unit ). Sources said, "He was under tremendous pressure after he joined this assignment."
Gangoli used his service revolver that was issued to him minutes to take his life. The post-mortem was conducted at AIIMS on Saturday.
"Ever since he joined this new assignment, he was tortured by Java-2. My husband was so harassed that he often sent his photo on WhatsApp. He was also insulted by using caste specific remarks. We never knew that this harassment would cost him his life," said sobbing Lovely.
Java-2 in technical terms is a referred to as Additional DCP -1 of South East district in Delhi.
Raising questions on the suicide theory Gangoli's elder brother who stays in Malda (Kolkata) said, "How can a person who is right handed shoot himself from the left side as the wound suggests? It is not believable."
Hitting out at senior cops, the family stated that they were not informed immediately by the cops but they got to know the incident from one of their relatives.
"Was it not the duty of the police to inform us about the incident? What were they hiding? We doubt some serious foul play," said Lovely.
On the other hand, DCP South East Romil Baniya said, "This is not just a loss for the Gangoli family but for the entire police force.
We have initiated a probe and would inquire from all angles."
"Java-2 insulted him Daily", alleges wife, delhi police initiate probe
"Java-2 slapped the files on my husband's face and used caste specific remarks. My husband was insulted in front of his juniors.
He was much tensed since he joined the office in District investigation Unit," said Gangoli's wife, Lovely.
Java-2 in technical terms is a referred to as Additional DCP -1 of South East district in Delhi.
She alleged that his husband was under tremendous pressure ever since he was transferred to DIU from Crime mobile unit (East).
The family stated that it is because of the ill-treatment inflicted by his seniors who he referred to as Java-2, that Gangoli was forced to commit suicide.
Confident on the same, his 14-year-old daughter Pranjal said, "My father was a strong man but I have seen him very helpless in the past one month. He was being harassed by his seniors which he often told us." The deceased's elder brother, Surender Gangoli, a resident of Dehradun said,
"He also discussed the work pressure with me. He asked me to somehow get him transferred and also wished to resign as he was done with 20 years of service.
It was obvious that he was being targeted."
Circling down to one IPS officer, the family claims that Gangoli took his life only because of this senior cop who had caste bias issues.
"How can an officer taunt my husband using caste-based remarks?
He was humiliated often and this was the reason he was under tremendous pressure. My husband was a self-respecting man," added Lovely. Meanwhile, the cops have initiated a probe in the incident. The Delhi police probing the allegation leveled by the deceased's family involving one of their own senior police officers.
"Delhi Police has always functioned above the regional lines and caste lines.
However, all allegations made would be inquired into including the allegations against the fellow officer," said DCP South East Romil Baniya.
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