Kanpur businessman death case: Special CBI registers case against cops

LUCKNOW: A special crime branch unit of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case of murder against three named cops and three unidentified other cops in connection with murder of Kanpur businessman Manish Gupta on Tuesday.

The state government has appealed for a CBI probe in the case on October 1. Those named in the FIR include inspector Jagat Narayan Singh, sub-inspectors-Akshay Mishra, Vijay Yadav, and three unidentified cops.

On September 27, the then Ramgarhtal police station inspector JN Singh, Phalmandi police post in-charge sub-inspector (SI) Akshay Mishra , SI Vijay Yadav and three other cops had entered a hotel during a verification drive at a hotel in Gorakhpur’s Ramgarhtal area and entered the room where businessman Manish Gupta was staying with Pradeep Chauhan and Hardeep Chauhan.

Later, the cops allegedly thrashed them during which Manish died. The six cops were later suspended and booked under the charges of murder.

Victim's wife Meenakshi Gupta had alleged foul play while citing post-mortem report. She had also claimed that her husband was killed by thrashing of the cops.

She had also challenged the claim of the cops that the nature of injuries on the body found on her husband could not have been from falling off from low height (from the bed) as claimed by the police.

Soon after the incident all the six cops had gone absconding, while an SIT headed by additional commissioner of police, Kanpur Nagar was formed to probe the case and a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh was announced to nab the six cops. Thereafter by October 13, all the six cops including the then SHO JN Singh from Gorakhpur.