GHAZIABAD: Strict action has been taken against three policemen in Sahibabad area of Ghaziabad for locking up an alleged accused who is a minor. While the SHO of the police station has been attached to the police lines, the incharge of the police post and a constable have been suspended.
Sources said the boy was detained on the charges of teasing but later booked under some other case.
The incident came to light when the Ghaziabad SSP inspected the police station. Ghaziabad SSP, Dharmender Yadav, said: "On checking the records, I found that the officers had wrongfully kept the boy in the lock-up and had booked him falsely for carrying a knife. The station incharge, Brij Mohan Yadav, was sent to the police lines while police chowki inchargeDilip Kumar and constable Ravinder Kumar were suspended."
"The girl's family did not lodge a complaint still the police took our son away. They tortured our boy mentally. The police station incharge and police chowki incharge also paid us no heed," said a family member of the boy.
Yadav added that a probe has been ordered in the matter and officers have been warned against manipulating facts.
This is not the first instance involving the Uttar Pradesh Police. Recently, a minor was handcuffed and kept in a lock-up for five days. Police are supposed to produce the accused before a court within 24-hours of arrest. In April this year, a rape victim was thrashed in a police station in Bulandshahr when the minor and her mother went to lodge a complaint.
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