Man pulled out of police van, beaten to death in UP’s Shamli

According to a report in CNN News 18, the man was drunk and had a spat with a few villagers in Shamli’s Jhinjhana area. The villagers then beat him up and called the police. They continued to beat him, even as the police took him under arrest. The report also states that the man’s family has lodged a protest over the death, demanding the arrest of those involved.

Reacting to the video, Ajay Kumar, SP Shamli said: “The man was not killed in police custody. However, as the officers had not informed the higher authorities and the police station, those involved in the incident have been suspended.” He also said the man was drunk and trying to resist the police.

The Opposition has repeatedly targeted the Yogi Adityanath government over the law and order situation in the state. “In present-day Uttar Pradesh, there is no law and order, just an atmosphere of panic. The perpetrators have become so confident that they have murdered someone in prison. These are the government’s failures,” Samajwadi Party chief and former CM Akhilesh Yadav had said earlier. The government has also come under the scanner over “fake encounters.”