{"id":3843,"date":"2020-07-03T01:49:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T01:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2020-07-03T01:49:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T01:49:56","slug":"6-cops-accused-of-killing-ias-aspirant-suleiman-given-clean-chit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=3843","title":{"rendered":"6 cops accused of killing IAS aspirant Suleiman given clean chit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BIJNOR:<\/strong> A special investigation team (SIT) has given a clean chit\u00a0to six cops accused of allegedly killing IAS-aspirant during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)\u00a0<\/a>protests,\u00a0the Indian Express reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The report added that SIT has squarely blamed the deceased Mohammad\u00a0Suleiman, 20, a college student, of indulging in violence, a claim vehemently rejected by his family.<\/p>\n

The SIT report declared the family\u2019s allegation false. \u201cThe policemen, who were blamed by them, have been given clean-chit. We have found Suleiman involved in the protest and was an accused. Since he has died, no action could be taken against him,\u201d Bijnor\u2019s Additional Superintendent of Police Laxmi Niwas Mishra, who heads the SIT, was quoted by the Indian Express in its report.<\/p>\n

Family rejects police claims<\/em><\/h2>\n

On December 20, violence erupted in the Nahtaur village in Uttar Pradesh\u2019s\u00a0Bijnor\u00a0<\/a>district.<\/p>\n

In his final year of graduation, Suleiman was preparing for his UPSC <\/a>entrance exam was allegedly hit by bullets fired by the police while he was returning home after Friday prayers.<\/p>\n

Following the killing, the family of Suleiman has lodged a complaint against six police personnel alleging that he was shot by police bullets and that he had nothing to do with the protests.<\/p>\n

The complaint claims that the incident was witnessed by many people in the area who are apparently afraid to speak up against the cops.<\/p>\n

Suleiman\u2019s family has also claimed that the police left him to die in the lane and when the family took him to a local hospital, he was declared dead.<\/p>\n

Magisterial inquiry pending<\/em><\/h2>\n

A magisterial inquiry probing into the death of Suleiman, is still pending.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sub-divisional magistrate, Dhampur, Dhirendra Singh said, \u201cI have yet to complete the inquiry. The statement of the deceased\u2019s family has been recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cops\u00a0finally\u00a0<\/strong>admit firing<\/em><\/h2>\n

Earlier, the UP DGP O.P. Singh had maintained that \u201cnot a single bullet was fired\u201d during the unrest.<\/p>\n

Later, the Bijnor police for the first time admitted to have opened fire in \u2018self defence\u2019 during the protests that erupted across the state.<\/p>\n

A ballistic report confirmed that a bullet retrieved from Suleiman\u2019s body was fired from Constable Mohit Kumar\u2019s service pistol.<\/p>\n

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