By Sohini Ghosh
The Junagadh B-division police in Gujarat have booked one of its sub-inspectors in attempt-to-murder case following allegations that custodial torture led to the death of a 43-year-old Dalit man in a hospital on Wednesday morning.
According to Inspector Gayatri Rajput, Mukesh Makwana, was suspended on Tuesday and “has been absconding for the past couple of days”. When asked if murder charges will be added following the death of the Dalit man, Harshil Jadav, Rajput said, “We will see. The FIR was lodged yesterday when he was alive and preliminary investigation is ongoing.”
The FIR has charged Makwana under Indian Penal Code sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 331 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort confession).
According to Harshil’s elder brother Brijesh Jadav, the former had gone to the Bodakdev police station in Ahmedabad on January 9 to file a complaint when he was informed that he was an accused in a Junagadh FIR registered on charges of cheating (IPC section 420) and criminal breach of trust (section 406) in relation to a tour package.
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