Bulandshahr's DM orders magisterial probe into allegation of custodial killing

Bulandshahr: The Bulandshahr district administration has ordered a magisterial probe into the allegation of custodial death of a 28-year-old-man during his detention by police after his elopement with a girl two days before her marriage. The family members of deceased Somdutt alias Sonu, a resident of Kanaini village in Khurja Nagar police station area, have accused police of killing him in their custody and then getting his last rites conducted forcibly overnight without his postmortem.

Bulandshahr District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar said on the demand for a fair probe by family members of the deceased, a sub-divisional magistrate has been asked to investigate the case and submit his report within 48 hours.

Denying the man's death in police custody, Bulandshahr's Senior Superintendent of Police Santosh Kumar Singh said the man committed suicide at his home in his village after the woman with whom he had run away preferred to go back with her family members. The CCTV camera installed in the Khurja police station premises has not been working. Had they been working, the police would not have faced this allegation of custodial killing, said Singh.

Khurja police station SHO Mithilesh Kumar Upadhayay has been suspended with immediate effect for his failure to keep the CCTV camera in working condition, SSP added.