A murder case has been filed against six policemen in Shahjahanpur following the death of a 65-year-old bullion trader. His body was discovered at an adjacent under-construction site after police conducted a raid on his residence. Officials reported the development on Thursday, highlighting the serious nature of the allegations against the officers involved.
The FIR was registered at Nigohi police station on Wednesday evening on a complaint by the deceased’s wife, naming four policemen posted at Malihabad in Lucknow and two personnel from the local Nigohi police station, Additional Superintendent of Police Devendra Kumar said. On Wednesday morning, she had told reporters that she did not know how her husband died but held the police responsible for his death. The deceased, Umesh Gupta, was taken to the roof by the police during the raid and thrown from there, resulting in his death, his wife Shanti Devi alleged in her complaint. The Malihabad police team entered Gupta’s house but did not find him there.
The Malihabad police team had come to Nigohi with a court warrant, while the local police personnel accompanied them to assist in the raid at Gupta’s house around 3 am on Wednesday, he said. Based on the investigation, the police obtained a court warrant against him on May 8, he said.
Kumar said a theft case had been registered at Malihabad police station in Lucknow last year in which Gupta, a resident of Shahjahanpur, was named as an accused.
