Chhattisgarh: Cop suspended for kicking corpse to shove it in vehicle

  • | Tuesday | 21st August, 2018

The video of the cop kicking the hand of corpse went viral, soon after which he was suspended. RAIPUR: Heights of insensitivity came to fore when a policeman kicked a corpse of youth to shove it inside the police vehicle after the youth died in a road accident in Bemetara deistrict . Sunil died a painful death on the spot immediately after the incident as his head was crushed under the tyres. But deceased's one hand was hanging at the door of vehicle. To their shock, police men first showed discomfort in holding the body and keep it inside the vehicle and then kicked the corpse.The video that went viral on social media within minutes shows that the body was somehow shoved inside the vehicle when the locals took initiative and helped.

RAIPUR: Heights of insensitivity came to fore when a policeman kicked a corpse of youth to shove it inside the police vehicle after the youth died in a road accident in Bemetara deistrict . The video of the cop kicking the hand of corpse went viral, soon after which he was suspended. The video shows that after the body was kept inside the vehicle, the hand of corpse hung outside and in order to close the door of van, the policeman kicked the hand twice to shove it in.Police said that deceased who was identified as Sunil Kurre , 20, from village Nagda was going on his motor-bike when an unidentified speeding truck ran over him at Pikri region in Bemetara on Monday evening. Sunil died a painful death on the spot immediately after the incident as his head was crushed under the tyres. The deceased was returning with his sister from her college.Due to the impact, his sister fell off few metres away and has sustained minor injuries.When the police patrolling team reached the spot and tried to take the body was post mortem, locals present on the spot recorded the video. To their shock, police men first showed discomfort in holding the body and keep it inside the vehicle and then kicked the corpse.The video that went viral on social media within minutes shows that the body was somehow shoved inside the vehicle when the locals took initiative and helped. But deceased's one hand was hanging at the door of vehicle. It was when constable Niraj Sahu shoved the hand inside vehicle using his foot twice and then closed the door.The act was largely condemned across the district following which, Bemetara superintendent of police HR Manhare suspended the cop with immediate effect and attached him to police line till further orders.The truck driver Hanumant Dhurve hailing from Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh, had escaped the spot and was arrested later.

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