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A very painful, sensational and raising serious questions on the functioning of the police system incident has come to light from Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh, which has created an uproar in the politics of the entire state. There is an atmosphere of immense tension in the area after the suspicious and tragic death of a Dalit youth during police custody in Badaun, and this matter has now taken a major political turn. Sensing the seriousness of the incident, Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Rai immediately visited Badaun and met the victim’s family and shared their pain. After this, Ajay Rai made a direct and very sharp attack on the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of the state, alleging that there is no law and order left in the state and “Jungle Raj” has completely established here. The Congress State President termed this death in police custody as a premeditated murder and said that atrocities on Dalits and weaker sections are continuously increasing under the protection of power. After this high-profile political visit and sharp statements, there has been a stir from the administrative corridors to the police headquarters, and everyone is demanding an impartial investigation into this sensitive matter and strict action against the culprits.
What happened in Badaun police station, the whole case of youth’s death in custody
This whole gruesome incident took place at a local police station in Badaun district, where the sudden health deterioration of a Dalit youth picked up by the police in the name of interrogation and his death under suspicious circumstances has come to light. The relatives of the deceased youth and the local villagers allege that inhuman third degree torture was used on him inside the police station, due to which his condition became critical and he died. The family members also say that to hide and cover up the incident, the police first tried to make it look like suicide or natural death, but when the local people and Dalit organizations came to know about this, a huge uproar started outside the police station. The initial rote statement of the police officers in this case was that the young man was brought for questioning in some cases and when his health suddenly deteriorated in the police station, he was immediately taken to the nearest hospital, where the doctors declared him dead. But neither the family members of the deceased nor the opposition parties are believing in this theory, because such incidents inside the police station clearly show the functioning of the police, violation of human rights and flouting the rule of law.
Ajay Rai cornered the government, said- Dalits and backward classes have become miserable under BJP rule.
After reaching Badaun and expressing confidence of consoling the victimized family and getting justice, Congress State President Ajay Rai, while addressing the media and party workers, put the state government in the dock. Showing a very aggressive attitude, he said that ever since the BJP government came to power in Uttar Pradesh, there has been a flood of police atrocities and atrocities on Dalits, backward classes and people belonging to deprived sections of the society. Ajay Rai raised the question that why every day ordinary citizens and especially Dalit youth die under suspicious circumstances inside police stations and police posts, while the government claims to have good governance. He said that when the police, which is meant to protect the public, becomes predators and the police stations turn into slaughterhouses, then from whom should the common man expect justice. The Congress Party has demanded a judicial inquiry into this matter and warned that if the victim’s family does not get justice as soon as possible and the accused are not given harsh punishment, then the Congress Party will take to the streets in the entire state and create a big mass movement. After this statement, the politics of the state has completely heated up and the war of words has intensified between the ruling party and the opposition.
Deep concern over the continuously increasing cases of police custodial deaths in Uttar Pradesh.
This incident of Badaun is not the first such incident, but in the recent past, many shocking cases of custodial deaths and police harassment have come to light from different districts of Uttar Pradesh. Human rights organizations and social workers have been continuously saying that due to non-strict adherence to the rules of CCTV cameras inside the police stations and the guidelines of the Supreme Court, the policemen fearlessly take the law into their own hands. Unless prompt, strict and exemplary action is taken against officers and jawans committing wrongdoings within the police department, it will be impossible to curb such barbaric incidents. In this case of Badaun too, the local administration has come under pressure and suspended some policemen, but the family members and political parties are demanding that a case of murder should be registered against all those responsible police officers and they should be arrested immediately. This incident once again reminds us that there is still a long and difficult battle ahead for police reforms, protection of human rights and ensuring the rule of law in the country’s largest state, to fight which both the opposition and the public will have to be vocal.
