Madhya Pradesh man dies after consuming poison at police station
A 35-year-old man died after allegedly consuming poison on the premises of a police station in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district in the early hours of
A 35-year-old man died after allegedly consuming poison on the premises of a police station in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district in the early hours of Sunday. His family alleged that the police did not act on his complaints in a land dispute. Police said the man, Rajkumar Kushwaha of Lahera Purwa village, was involved in a dispute over ancestral property with his elder brother and other relatives. They said preventive proceedings had been started on July 31 after complaints from both sides. Read Full Story Chhatarpur Superintendent of Police Rajat Saklecha said Rajkumar reached Nowgong police station with his son and daughter on Saturday evening.
"According to CCTV footage from the police station, Kushwaha took out some substance from his vehicle and consumed it," Saklecha told reporters. He said Rajkumar's condition worsened soon after, following which police took him to a hospital in Nowgong. He was later referred to the district hospital in Chhatarpur and then to Jhansi Medical College in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, where he died. Rajkumar's wife Chanda Kushwaha and daughter Rashmi Kushwaha alleged that he had approached the police with complaints about an attempt to grab his land, assault and death threats, but no effective action was taken in time.
They claimed that he consumed "sulphas" after becoming distressed over the alleged police inaction. The family has demanded a high-level probe into the incident, preservation of CCTV footage from the police station and action against officials found responsible for alleged negligence. The SP said the sequence of events was being verified through CCTV footage, station records and other official documents, and added that the sub-divisional officer of police in Nowgong was conducting an inquiry. Police said this was the second such incident in the district in the past two days over alleged police inaction.
On Sunday, a 22-year-old woman allegedly consumed poison inside Maharajpur police station over an ongoing feud between two rival groups. An official said she was undergoing treatment at a hospital and her condition was stable. The incident at Nowgong police station has led to allegations from the family of inaction in a property dispute, while police said they were verifying the sequence of events and had ordered an inquiry. Ends
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