Bihar: Three Nalanda cops axed after woman commits suicide in custody

BIHARSHARIF: Nalanda SP Hari Prasath S on Monday suspended three police personnel posted at Rahui police station after a woman committed suicide in police custody by hanging herself around 12.30am on Monday.
According to police sources, the deceased woman, identified as Anju Devi, wife of one Rudal Yadav of Saidalli village under the Rahui police station area and her paramour Luv Yadav, resident of neighbouring village Mai Farida under the same police station area were brought to Rahui police station around 10:30pm on Sunday after they were arrested at Patna junction.
The deceased woman, a mother of three kids, and her married paramour Luv Yadav were arrested after an FIR was lodged against them by her husband with the Rahui police station on May 21. Police sources said the deceased had eloped with her paramour a week earlier, but Rudal lodged a police complaint only after Luv parents lodged a false complaint of abduction of their son against Rudal and his brother with the Biharsharif Town police station on May 20.
Law and order DSP Sanjay Kumar said, “Nalanda SP Hari Prasath S suspended the officer on duty ASI Praveen Pratap Singh, investigation officer sub-inspector Jitendra Kumar and woman santri Rita Kumari after verifying the video footage of the CCTV cameras installed at the police station.”
Nalanda SP, who visited the Rahui police station,said that as the matter was sensitive he has ordered video recording of the postmortem to be carried out by a team of doctors.