3 Bokaro cops suspended for detaining injured man

Bokaro: Three officers, posted at Chira Chas police station in Bokaro district, were suspended on Tuesday after a purported video showed them keeping an injured man in custody instead of taking him to a hospital for treatment.

Bokaro SP Nathu Singh Meena suspended Pushp Raj Kumar, officer-in-charge of Chira Chas police station, sub-inspector Rajesh Kumar and assistant SI Sanjay Kumar Mandal after a preliminary inquiry was initiated on the basis of the viral video.

“Harsh Pandey,19, and Divyanshu Mishra, 19, the two men who have been accused of the injured Arif Ansari, were arrested and sent to jail on Wednesday,” Meena said. Ansari, 25, was admitted to Bokaro Sadar hospital for treatment.

Ansari, a resident of New Pindragaria in Bhawani Pur, had allegedly assaulted Pandey and Mishra outside a gym in the area with several others on May 1 following an altercation. The duo then registered an FIR against Ansari and others on the same day.

On May 4, Ansari was allegedly attacked by Pandey and his associates near a pond in Solagidih, leaving him critically injured.

After reaching the spot, police allegedly brought him to the station and placed him in the lock-up instead of shifting him to a hospital.

The matter came to light after Ansari’s family recorded a video at the station on May 5. The inquiry cited failure to prioritise treatment, poor supervision and lack of discipline.