BIJNOR/SHAMLI: Four police officers have been suspended for "negligence" and a probe has been launched after a 19-year-old man accused of eloping with a minor was found hanging inside the house of a cop investigating the case.
Instead of taking Deepak Kumar to the police station in Bijnor, sub-inspector Sunil Kumar brought the teen to his house in Shamli on Sunday night. On Monday morning the officer announced that Deepak had "hanged himself".
Deepak's father Arvind Kumar accused the police of foul play, saying, "My son worked in Ambala, and the girl insisted he take her along. How did my son end up at the police officer's house, and where did he get a rope to hang himself with? This is murder. The girl's family and the police have killed him."
Deepak had allegedly eloped with a 17-year-old girl from Bijnor to Ambala. Police said the duo had been in a relationship for two years.
SI Kumar told the investigating team, "We decided to spend the night at my father's house in Shamli as our car broke down en-route Bijnor. The boy was locked in a room on first floor while girl's family, other officers and I slept downstairs. Around 5:30am, the boy was found hanging from a railing."
Shamli SHO Samaypal Atri said that the police were informed about the death around 6am on Monday.
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