BHU student goes missing: Varanasi SSP files affidavit

Prayagraj: As per direction of the court, SSP Varanasi appeared before the Allahabad High Court on Thursday and filed his affidavit in connection with a PIL regarding a missing BHU student. Besides, he also filed certain documents in a sealed cover before the court.
Taking the SSP Varanasi’s affidavit on record, a division bench comprising Justice Shashi Kant Gupta and Justice Shamim Ahmed directed the petitioner’s counsel to file a reply in response to the affidavit.
SSP Varanasi, Amit Pathak, was present in the court and was asked by the court to remain present, again on the next date of hearing which was fixed as September 22.
The court passed this order in a letter turned into PIL by advocate Saurabh Tiwari, a BHU alumnus.
It was alleged in the letter that Shiv Kumar Trivedi, a BSc II year student of BHU, was picked from amphitheatre ground of the university on February 12 on the basis of a call made on 112 by a fellow student, who reported that Trivedi was there in an unconscious/unusual way since then he was missing.
On August 26, additional government advocate, who represented the state government, stated that the boy who was at police station ran away on the next day and no details in relation to him were available. However, later, one mentally retarded person was brought by the police and the police is having apprehension that he may be Shiv Kumar Trivedi and, therefore, a DNA and biometric tests are proposed to be conducted to determine his identity.
The court on this had observed, “We fail to understand why the police authorities instead of placing on record all the details relating to the facts that happened on and after February 12 and more specifically after the boy ran away from the police station, which facts must have been recorded in the general diary, have filed a vague affidavit.”
The court directed SSP Varanasi to remain present on September 3.