Cops beat up minors and hang them from a fan.THE NOIDA NOIDA New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (India) NOIDA Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (India) police allegedly beat up two minors and then hung them from a ceiling fan over theft charges that later turned out to be false. The alleged maltreatment maltreatment Social medicine Any of a number of types of unreasonable interactions with another adult. See Child maltreatment, Cf Child abuse. took place on Saturday afternoon at a police post in the Sector 11 area, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Sector 20 police station of Noida. Sources said the two children, Radha Mishra ( 9) and Munna ( 12), were roaming around near a car in the Sector 11 area around 2 pm on Saturday. The car's owner, private builder Kamal Kant Tyagi who undertakes contracts for the Noida Authority, had parked the vehicle and headed to the market nearby to purchase some material. On return, the builder found his bag that was lying on the back seat missing. Getting suspicious and noticing the two boys near his car, Tyagi accosted ac·cost tr.v. ac·cost·ed, ac·cost·ing, ac·costs 1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. 2. To solicit for sex. them and beat them up. He then called up the police and handed over the two children to them. The police allegedly took Radha and Munna to the Jhundpura police post in Sector 11 where they reportedly beat the two children with a belt. The police then went on to tie their hands with a rope and hung them from the ceiling fan inside the police post. A few locals approached the police after some time to inform them that the builder's bag had been found -- it actually turned out that the bag had fallen into the foot space between the front and rear seats. The two boys were subsequently released at 7.30 pm. They suffered injuries on their backs and legs. Jhundpura police post incharge Lokendra Pal Singh denied the boys had been tortured. " The complainant A plaintiff; a person who commences a civil lawsuit against another, known as the defendant, in order to remedy an alleged wrong. An individual who files a written accusation with the police charging a suspect with the commission of a crime and providing facts to support the allegation is a reputed builder of the Noida Authority. He was very tense about his missing files. We recovered the bag from the two boys. They were not subjected them to any kind of torture," he said. Senior superintendent of police Ashok Kumar Singh, who was " on leave for two days", said he would comment only after returning to duty. Superintendent of police ( city) Ashok Kumar Tripathy pleaded ignorance on the matter: " I am not aware of any such incident. I will enquire en·quire v. Variant of inquire. enquire Verb [-quiring, -quired] same as inquire enquiry n Verb 1. about the matter." Copyright 2009 India Today Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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