FIR registered against four for stripping and assaulting CISF constable

An FIR has been registered by the police against four individuals for attacking a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) constable, stripping him, and recording a video of the incident in the Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh. According to a report by India Today, the police took this action following orders from the court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division). Allegations that the police ignored the constable's initial complaint will also be investigated.

According to Additional Superintendent of Police Shubham Agrawal, the incident occurred on August 12 in Sardar Bahuta village, under the jurisdiction of the Suriyawan police station. The 34-year-old CISF constable, Ajay Yadav, filed an application in the court of the Civil Judge (Senior Division) on August 19. In the application, he stated that while he was returning home from the market on his motorcycle, Dhirendra Yadav (26), Virendra Yadav (23), Aman Yadav (20), and Sarita Yadav (37), all residents of the same village, stopped him and damaged his motorcycle.

As per the application, the four accused abused him and beat him severely. He suffered bleeding from the nose, and the entry of blood into his respiratory system caused breathing difficulties. Additionally, he sustained serious head injuries and experienced persistent dizziness.

Ajay Yadav further alleged that Dhirendra, Virendra, and Aman dragged him behind a house, where he was forcibly stripped and a video was recorded. Some villagers who witnessed the incident intervened to save him, helped him dress, and sent him to the police station.

The constable stated that he reached the police station around 4 pm on August 12 to lodge a complaint, but he was made to wait. He alleged that when he contacted senior police officers via telephone that evening, Sarita Yadav was summoned to the station around 11 pm, and a case of molestation was registered against him in her presence.

Yadav further stated that despite undergoing a medical examination on August 13, the police did not register his complaint. Instead, he was arrested in the molestation case. His arrest was recorded approximately 24 hours after he had reached the police station.

ASP Shubham Agrawal stated that Civil Judge (Senior Division) Har Kiran Kaur heard the application and ordered the registration of a case against the four accused on November 7. In compliance with this order, the police registered the FIR on Monday evening. The case has been registered under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including attempt to murder, causing grievous hurt, damaging property, causing hurt, insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, and criminal intimidation. Relevant sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act have also been applied.

The petitioner has also alleged that Rajesh Yadav, a family member of Sarita Yadav, works as a driver for Dial 112 and also drives the vehicle of the local police station in-charge, which is why the police ignored his complaint. ASP Agrawal stated that Crime Inspector Buddhi Sagar Yadav is currently conducting a full investigation into the case.