Two cops booked; SHO says ‘clear suicide’.
A 25-year-old journalist’s physique was discovered on a railway observe in Unnao district’s Metropolis Kotwali space on Thursday night.
Whereas the household of sufferer Suraj Pandey accused Sub-Inspector Suneeta Chaurasia and constable Amar Singh of killing him and throwing the physique on the observe, the police claimed that it was a suicide case. No suicide notice has been discovered up to now.
Unnao Superintendent of Police (SP) Sureshrao A Kulkarni Friday mentioned all proof factors in the direction of suicide. In accordance with the post-mortem report, accidents discovered on the physique seem like brought on by a practice, he added.
The police, nevertheless, have lodged a case towards Chaurasia, Singh and some unidentified individuals on prices of homicide, felony conspiracy and felony intimidation. The case on the Metropolis Kotwali station was registered on the idea of a criticism by Suraj’s mom Laxmi Pandey.
The police have discovered proof that Suraj, who used to work for a Hindi each day, and Chaurasia had been in common contact over the telephone.
In accordance with telephone information, Suraj had lately began calling her repeatedly, the police mentioned, including that they’d been knowledgeable that Suraj wished to marry Chaurasia. The police officer was reportedly towards this.
Through the preliminary inquiry, Laxmi informed the police that her son got here to know Suneeta by way of his work. Suneeta was the station officer of a girls’s police station in Unnao. About 5 months in the past, she was moved to the Bihar station.
Laxmi claimed that Suneeta had visited her home a number of occasions. She alleged that on Wednesday Amar Singh, who was Suneeta’s driver, referred to as Suraj and threatened him with dire penalties.
On Thursday morning, Suraj left dwelling after receiving a name. Round 1 pm, when he couldn’t be contacted, Laxmi knowledgeable the police.
Kotwali Station Home Officer (SHO) Dinesh Chandra Mishra mentioned Laxmi referred to as him round 2 pm and knowledgeable that her son’s telephone was switched off and he was unreachable. The police checked his final location by way of his name information, and located the physique on the railway observe, round 1.5 kms from his dwelling. “It’s a clear case of suicide. Investigation is on,” added the SHO. Nobody has been arrested up to now.
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