Compensation to kin of man beaten to death by cops

LUCKNOW: Minister of State for Zoological Gardens Shiv Pratap Yadav met the family members of Kallu Pasi, who was allegedly beaten to death by four constables of the Malihabad police station. Yadav handed over Rs 20,000 to the widow of Kallu and assured the family members he will try to raise the financial assistance further. Kallu's wife Guddi lodged an FIR against the four constables here at Malihabad police station on Friday.Guddi stated in her FIR that constables Sujit Verma and Akhilesh Kumar along with two other constables had beaten up her husband and chased him which resulted in his death.
During his visit, several villagers complained to the minister about extortion by the police in the village. They claimed that the four constables were trying to extort money from Kallu. The minister assured the villagers immediate action against the guilty cops. The minister had come to take stock of the situation on the directives of chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, an official communique said.
42-year-old Kallu Pasi, booked for manufacturing spurious liquor, was allegedly beaten to death by four constables of the Malihabad police station on Wednesday morning. He was resident of Ghola village, Dular Mau locality in Malihabad police station area.
Villagers had staged a road block demanding adequate compensation to the kin of the deceased and action against the four constables, identified as Sujit Verma, Akhilesh, Sukhraj and Subhash Chandra, posted at the Malihabad police station.
Police tried to cover up saying it was a case of drowning. Spokesperson of the Senior Superintendent of Police, quoting the Malihabad police, said that Kallu, an illegal manufacturer of liquor, while being chased by police, fell in a nullah and drowned.
Later on the day, SSP RK Chaturvedi had told TOI that the four constables had been suspended. He had said that the cops had gone to the spot where Kallu was manufacturing illegal liquor without informing any of the senior officials. But, he said the four constables chased Kallu, who fell into the nullah, but the cops did not notice that he had drowned, said the SSP quoting reports from senior officials in Malihabad.