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Jharkhand: Naxalite dies in police custody in Hazaribagh, five policemen including ASI suspended

May 1, 2022
Bharat Times English News

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Nand Kishore Mahto, a 32-year-old member of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), was found hanging in the lockup toilet of Mufassil police station in Hazaribagh on Tuesday morning. PLFI is a separate group of the CPI (Maoist).

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Five policemen have been suspended in connection with the custodial death of a member of a banned Maoist outfit inside a police station in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district. These policemen have been accused of dereliction of duty.

Nand Kishore Mahto, a 32-year-old member of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), was found hanging in the lockup toilet of Mufassil police station in Hazaribagh on Tuesday morning. The PLFI is a separate group of the CPI (Maoist).

Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chauth said that on the intervening night of April 25 and 26, PLFI’s Naxalite Nand Kishore Mahato was arrested and kept in custody at Mufassil police station, where he was found hanging in Hajat’s toilet in the morning. Was .

Fourth said that immediately after receiving the information about the death, a preliminary inquiry was conducted with senior police officers and five police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector of police engaged in Hajat’s custody, were suspended with immediate effect on Wednesday night itself for negligence in duty. .

He said that CID investigation has also been started in the matter, while on the other hand, on the request of the police administration, Hazaribagh District and Sessions Judge Satyaprakash Sinha has entrusted the responsibility of a judicial magistrate of the first class to judicial inquiry into the matter.

The superintendent of police said the findings of the judicial magistrate and the police team would be sent to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The CID team from Ranchi will also investigate separately. The team will visit the spot and interrogate suspended policemen, including an ASI.

He said Mahto, who was earlier associated with the CPI (Maoist), had recently come out of jail and joined the PLFI. Mahto was accused of extorting extortion from NTPC, ONGC and construction companies operating in Barkagaon and Keredari police station areas of Hazaribagh district. For this, the police had formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which arrested him on the intervening night of April 25 and 26.

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Five policemen have been suspended in connection with the custodial death of a member of a banned Maoist outfit inside a police station in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district. These policemen have been accused of dereliction of duty.

Nand Kishore Mahto, a 32-year-old member of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), was found hanging in the lockup toilet of Mufassil police station in Hazaribagh on Tuesday morning. The PLFI is a separate group of the CPI (Maoist).

Hazaribagh Superintendent of Police Manoj Ratan Chauth said that on the intervening night of April 25 and 26, PLFI’s Naxalite Nand Kishore Mahato was arrested and kept in custody at Mufassil police station, where he was found hanging in Hajat’s toilet in the morning. Was .

Fourth said that immediately after receiving the information about the death, a preliminary inquiry was conducted with senior police officers and five police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector of police engaged in Hajat’s custody, were suspended with immediate effect on Wednesday night itself for negligence in duty. .

He said that CID investigation has also been started in the matter, while on the other hand, on the request of the police administration, Hazaribagh District and Sessions Judge Satyaprakash Sinha has entrusted the responsibility of a judicial magistrate of the first class to judicial inquiry into the matter.

The superintendent of police said the findings of the judicial magistrate and the police team would be sent to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The CID team from Ranchi will also investigate separately. The team will visit the spot and interrogate suspended policemen, including an ASI.

He said Mahto, who was earlier associated with the CPI (Maoist), had recently come out of jail and joined the PLFI. Mahto was accused of extorting extortion from NTPC, ONGC and construction companies operating in Barkagaon and Keredari police station areas of Hazaribagh district. For this, the police had formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which arrested him on the intervening night of April 25 and 26.

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