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A 22-year-old engineering pupil and a 45-year-old antheral person died aft allegedly being beaten by constabulary unit successful abstracted incidents successful Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal and Ashoknagar, respectively, with elder officers launching probes successful some cases.
In Bhopal, Udit Gaayki, a final-year B.Tech pupil astatine the Vellore Institute of Technology, Sehore campus, was allegedly killed aft helium was assaulted by 2 constables aft helium was returning from a enactment astatine astir 1:30 a.m. connected the intervening nighttime of Thursday (October 9, 2025) and Friday (October 10, 2025).
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Bhopal zone-2, Vivek Singh told The Hindu that constables Santosh Bamniya and Saurabh Arya, who were connected nighttime patrolling, person been suspended and a probe has been launched.
A purported CCTV footage of the incidental has appeared connected societal media showing a constabulary constable hitting a younker with baton. The younker was taken to a adjacent infirmary by his friends but was declared brought dead.
“We person seized CCTV footage and recorded statements of his friends,” Mr. Singh said, adding that a post-mortem was conducted by a sheet of doctors astatine AIIMS, Bhopal, revealing pancreas hemorrhage and baton-inflicted injuries connected the victim’s body.
He said that the unfortunate was returning from a enactment with 2 of his friends.
“They had breached a vessel connected the roadworthy aft which the constables connected motorcycle patrolling approached them. While the different 2 boys fled connected their two-wheeler, Udit started moving aft seeing the cop,” helium said, adding that the unit caught clasp of him successful a lane wherever the alleged battle took place.
“Prima facie, 1 of the constables assaulted him portion different was standing. We person suspended both. We volition instrumentality further enactment based connected evidence,” helium added.
Meanehile, his friends person alleged that the constables demanded ₹10,000 successful bribe for stopping the battle and letting Mr. Gaayki go, section reports said.
Mr. Gaayki’s brother-in-law is simply a DSP with the State’s anti-naxal Hawk Force, presently posted successful Balaghat district, Mr. Singh said.
In Ashoknagar district, Laksham Yadav, 45, a nonmigratory of Bamuria colony nether Shadaura constabulary presumption bounds died connected Thursday nighttime with the household members and locals alleging that helium was beaten up by a radical of constabulary unit and drowned successful a h2o filled dig.
Locals besides staged demonstrations astatine a infirmary and astatine a adjacent highway, demanding an FIR against the alleged personnel.
Sub-divisional constabulary serviceman (SDOP) Vivek Sharma, however, denied charges and said that immoderate unit had gone to the colony astir 8 p.m. to enactment connected immoderate inputs of amerciable liquor commercialized and that Mr. Yadav “fell successful the excavation portion moving from them”.
“He started moving aft seeing the constabulary squad and fell successful a excavation successful a field. In fact, the constabulary unit lone took him out,” helium said, adding that the territory medication has ordered a magisterial probe by the section SDM.
“For a just probe, the SP has besides taken 5 personnel, including presumption incharge Ritu Chouhan, disconnected work and attached them to the constabulary line. Inquest proceedings person been initiated successful the death,” helium added.
