During a police raid in a village in Alwar district on Sunday morning, Alisba, a one-month-old infant, allegedly died after being crushed under a police officer’s foot while sleeping on a cot beside her mother.
Imran, a daily-wage laborer, said that while he was sleeping beside two of his three children, his wife was sleeping with their one-month-old daughter, Alisba, who was wrapped in a blanket when the police barged into their house at about 6 am without prior notice.
According to reports, in Raghunathgarh village under the Naugaon police station area, the police team that conducted the raid at Imran Khan’s house was led by head constables Girdhari and Jagveer, along with constables Sunil, Rishi, and Shahid.
When the police failed to address the family’s complaint, enraged villagers gathered outside the residence of Alwar SP (Rural), demanding justice and staging a demonstration to protest the alleged brutality.
“When I was sleeping on the cot with my infant daughter, the policemen arrived all of a sudden, pulled me out, and sent me out of the room. They also pulled my husband out. They stepped on my infant daughter’s head and killed her. This is murder, and I want justice,” Razida Khan, mother of the deceased infant, told The Times of India.
Later, ASP Tejpal Singh confirmed that an FIR had been registered against unnamed police officials, and Khan’s family was assured of action against those responsible.
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