Uttarakhand : Did Kedar Bhandari die in the custody of Laxman Jhula police?
After the shocking Ankita murder case, another sensational case is coming out from Pauri Garhwal district. One and a half months ago, a young man who came out of the house to become Agniveer has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. After the confirmation of the missing youth being in the custody of Laxman Jhula police of Pauri district for the last time, the fear of death is being expressed in his police custody, but the police did not allow the youth to jump into the river voluntarily (yes, absolutely voluntarily!). is talking.
The case is related to the 19-year-old Kedar Bhandari, who had left his village for the first time on 18 August for Kotdwar city on August 18 with a dream of becoming Agniveer in his eyes, five from his father and two from his brother, taking a total of seven thousand rupees. Later, till August 20, Kedar kept in touch with his family members, but since August 22, he has no contact with Kedar. Meanwhile, news was received that on August 20, Kedar was in the custody of Muni Ki Reti police station of Tehri district, about which the police said that when Kedar was interrogated, the youth found a bag with Kedar, in which coins and coins were found on search. Some notes were found filled. On which Kedar told that he had stolen coins and notes by breaking the donation box in Parmarth Niketan.
According to the police station Munikireti, due to the matter being of Laxmanjhula area, the youth Kedar was sent to Laxmanjhula police station. Lakshman Jhula Police did not get any complaint of theft from Parmarth Niketan, but the young man Kedar was kept in the barracks by the police instead of keeping him at the police station. While sitting in the barricade, the youth ran away after pushing the on-duty employee. After the policemen also reached there, by then the youth had jumped into the river from the Kedar bridge.
In this case, where the police are telling the footage of all the CCTV cameras and the presence of eyewitnesses in support of their point, on the other hand the police are also facing allegations of throwing Kedar’s body in the river after the death of Kedar in his custody. In this case, the role of the police is clearly suspicious due to the way the police are being threatened to write anything about this incident on social media. Although in this case the SHO of Laxman Jhula police station is being removed from the police station, but it is not clear that when Kedar himself has “voluntarily” jumped into the river, then why the SHO is being removed. .
Additional Director General of Police, Crime and Law and Order, Dr. V Murugeshan, Chief Spokesperson, Police Headquarters has told that in the case of Kedar Singh, a report was sought from SSP Pauri Yashwant Chauhan by the Police Headquarters, in the report of SSP Pauri, Kedar Singh himself jumped into the river. It has been said in the report that there is sufficient evidence and CCTV footage of the above case.
According to the information given by Yashwant Singh, Captain of Pauri, the investigation was done by Additional Superintendent of Police, Kotdwar Shekhar Chandra Suyal, in this case, the youth Kedar was questioned by the district Tehri Garhwal police station Munikireti, then a bag was found near the youth Kedar. , in which coins and some notes were found on search. It was told by the youth that he had stolen coins and notes by breaking the donation box in Parmarth Niketan. It was told by the police station Munikireti that the matter is of Laxmanjhula area, due to which the youth Kedar was sent to Laxmanjhula police station.
After not receiving any complaint of theft from Parmarth Niketan, the young man Kedar was kept in the barracks by the police instead of keeping him at the police station. After sitting in the barricade, the youth ran away after pushing the employee on duty, which was also seen by the local residents of Laxmanjhula, the local market while running. The fleeing of the youth is also in the CCTV cameras installed in Laxmanjhula market. After which the policemen also reached there, by then the youth had jumped from the Kedar bridge into the river, in which there is no direct fault of any police personnel. In which young Kedar himself jumped into the river voluntarily. Nevertheless, departmental action will be taken against the guilty employees as per rules.
However, whatever may be the statements of the police officers in this matter, but so many misunderstandings are being told in the story of the police that even writing about it on social media has started causing trouble to the police. Pauri Police itself has written on social media with the statement of the police captain, it is as follows “If any person posting misleading post and spreading rumors among the public in this regard, then according to the rules of IPC and IT Act, he will be punished. Legal action will be taken under the sections.
On the one hand, the police is giving its clarification in the Kedar case by sharing this information on social media, while on the other hand Director General of Police Ashok Kumar, handing over the investigation of the matter to DIG Garhwal, has given instructions to remove the SHO Laxmanjhula for a fair investigation. From which it is clear that the story made by Laxman Jhula police in Kedar case and the investigation of Additional Superintendent of Police Kotdwar Shekhar Chandra Suyal, there are too many misunderstandings, which are being clearly felt even at the DGP level.
Uttarakhand Congress working president Ranjit Rawat said, ‘Kedar Bhandari was only 19 years old and Agniveer was going back home from recruitment in Rishikesh, how does he die in police custody? Chief Minister, what is happening with our children in Uttarakhand?’
