10 Hamirpur cops to be booked for torture, fake cases against BSF jawan

LUCKNOW: Hamirpur police is set to lodge an FIR against 10 policemen, including a station officer for torturing and lodging fake case against a BSF jawan, Mohammed Shahid, in September last year. The charges are being examined by the police brass and cases will be registered soon.
CJM court ordered lodging of an FIR against a station officer, four sub-inspectors and five constables of Maudaha police station.The BSF jawan’s father, Mohammed Ramzan, had moved court on December 3 and narrated his son’s ordeal. Rizwan said, his son Mohammed Shahid had come on leave from Delhi on September 19, when a few truckers told him how local cops were extorting from them. “He lodged a complaint with the DGP and DIG. On the night of September 24, cops stormed into his house and whisked away Shahid to the police station, where he was tortured and false cases lodged against him,” said Ramzan in his plea in court.
Circle officer, Maudaha, Saumya Pandey, said, senior officers were examining the case and an FIR would be registered. However, police said, Shahid would operate an illegal mining business in the area and when a local journalist tried to capture the scam on camera, he was thrashed by the BSF jawan.