Cop suspended for kicking body of accident victim

  • | Wednesday | 22nd August, 2018

Bemetara SP H R Manhare suspended Sahu and attached him to police lines till further orders. Villagers were filming the grisly sight on their mobile phones when Sahu and a local lifted the body into a police van. His sister was hurled several feet but survived.Sahu was in the police patrol that arrived first on the scene. The truck driver, Hanumant Dhurve, from Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh, had escaped but was arrested later. The victim's left hand kept hanging out of the van and constable Sahu was seen kicking it twice to shove it in so that he could close the door.The video went viral and triggered outrage across the region.

RAIPUR: A policeman in Chhattisgarh 's Bemetara district has been suspended for kicking the body of an accident victim to shove it inside a van.Three days ago, a cop in Madhya Pradesh was penalized for the same insensitivity.Like the MP incident, a video of this too went viral, prompting the administration to take action against constable Niraj Sahu on Tuesday.The victim, 20-year-old Sunil Kurre, was taking his sister home from college on his motorbike when a truck hit them at Pikri region on Monday evening. Sunil's head was crushed under the tyres. His sister was hurled several feet but survived.Sahu was in the police patrol that arrived first on the scene. Villagers were filming the grisly sight on their mobile phones when Sahu and a local lifted the body into a police van. The victim's left hand kept hanging out of the van and constable Sahu was seen kicking it twice to shove it in so that he could close the door.The video went viral and triggered outrage across the region. Bemetara SP H R Manhare suspended Sahu and attached him to police lines till further orders. The truck driver, Hanumant Dhurve, from Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh, had escaped but was arrested later.

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