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Punjab Police cops beat man to
death on the road
WSN Bureau
Moga:
Punjab
Police, which once tasted blood during the days of militancy, has
turned into a peculiarly bloody force. When a totally innocent Sikh
man was unable to brake his scooter when cops waved him down, and
stopped only a few yards later, they simply beat him to death.
Pritam Singh, a
25-year-old labourer, did his best to stop the scooter but because
of loosened brakes, he could stop only a few yards after the police
naka (barrier) on Moga-Amritsar road. The baton-wielding poliecmen,
eight in number, beat him up so much right on the road that he had
to be immediately rushed to the
Civil Hospital,
Moga where he bled to death.
The two hospital
employees there were drunk and Pritam received little help. Indian
media reported the story as it would have reported potato yields,
did not follow it even the next day, cared not tell any details
about Pritam's family and avoided giving out names of the cops.
Pritam's cousin
Gurpal Singh of Shah Bukar village was accompanying him when the
cops showed their true colours.
The police
later registered an FIR, but again acted totally apathetically. It
did not name the cops involved, did not include statement of
Pritam's cousin who was there and mentioned no action against
policemen. Not a single one was even suspended.
3 September 2008
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