Three cops booked in immolation case in Mathura

LUCKNOW: A day after a couple set themselves ablaze on Surir police station campus in Mathura, alleging police inaction over harassment by a strongman, three cops, including station house officer and two sub-inspectors were booked for sitting on their complaint.
SHO Anoop Saroj and sub-inspectors Deepak Nagar and Sunil Singh were booked late Wednesday under Section 166(A) IPC for allowing a free run to the local goon, Satyapal, and his aides.
Police said, the couple suffered 70 per cent burns and were being treated in Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital.
The victim’s son told police that neighbour, Satyapal, had been publicly humiliating his parents and also misbehaved with his mother. “Satyapal tore off my mother’s sari and nearly stripped her in public. But despite a complaint on August 23, Surir police did not register a case,” he said.
SSP Mathura, Shalabh Mathur, told TOI that Satyapal was arrested along with his accomplice Shyam Mohan, a former gram Pradhan. Two more names surfaced. And the duo would be arrested soon.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)