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An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Madhya Pradesh Police, 1 of the 2 officers accused successful the custodial decease of a tribal antheral successful Guna district, was arrested connected Saturday, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) serviceman said.
The apprehension comes days aft the Supreme Court reprimanded the Madhya Pradesh authorities and the CBI for failing to apprehension the 2 constabulary officers successful transportation with the decease of Deva Pardhi, a 25-year-old tribal antheral arrested successful a theft case. Pardhi and his uncle, residents of Bilakhedi village, had been taken into custody connected July 14, 2024, conscionable hours earlier Pardhi’s wedding. He died the aforesaid nighttime wrong the Myana constabulary presumption successful Guna district, with his household members alleging constabulary brutality.
CBI Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) successful Indore, Prashant Shrivastava, told The Hindu that Uttam Singh Kushwaha, past an ASI astatine Myana constabulary station, was arrested successful Indore.
Mr. Shrivastava said that Mr. Kushwaha was produced earlier a tribunal and the CBI obtained his custody for 2 days. However, the past presumption incharge, Sanjit Singh Mavai, remains absconding.
“We are moving to nab him and the teams person already been formed to hint him,” helium said.
The CBI had earlier arrested 2 different policemen - Sub-Inspector Devraj Singh Parihar and Inspector Zubair Khan - on with different idiosyncratic successful the case.
Earlier this week, the bureau announced a reward of ₹2 lakh each for accusation starring to the apprehension of Mr. Kushwaha and Mr. Mavai.
On Thursday, a Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and R. Mahadevan, proceeding a petition filed by Pardhi’s mother, observed, “More than 4 months person passed, and the absorption of the tribunal has not been complied with. It appears that you are protecting the officers.”
While the constabulary had initially claimed that Pardhi had died of cardiac arrest, his parent subsequently approached the Supreme Court accusing the section constabulary of shielding the accused officers. On May 15, the tribunal transferred the lawsuit from the State Police to the CBI, directing the bureau to apprehension the accused wrong a month.
