Sohail Khan’s death in Narcotics police custody, a planned murder. Independent fact-finding team from Bhopal recommends high level judicial inquiry!

5 April 2021, Mandsaur Sohail s/o Hamid Khan died in the custody of Narcotics Police, Mandsaur on April 2 due to brutal beating. Based on the information received from newspapers and other sources, various human rights organizations in Bhopal formed a three-member independent fact-finding team comprising Vasid Khan, General Secretary of National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO) Madhya Pradesh, Vijay Kumar of Madhya Pradesh Democratic Rights Forum (MPDRF) and social activist Yusuf Khan.Members of the independent investigation team came to Mandsaur on 5 April and met the family of the deceased Sohail Khan. Members of the investigation team met with friends and neighbours, including uncle Iraad Khan, brother Murad Khan, brother-in-law Asif Khan. Family members told the team that during the post-mortem, serious injuries have been found on the entire body, including Sohail’s genitals. He was brutally beaten up at the Narcotics Police Station. This is why Sohail is succumbed to heart attack.For the purpose of understanding the matter, the fact-finding team also met with local journalists, and senior social workers. Apart from this, the investigation team also tried to meet Mandsaur Narcotics Superintendent of Police Tiwari ji but finally it was possible to talk to him over the phone. When asked about the incident, the Superintendent told that a judicial inquiry is going on in the whole case, so at this time he cannot say anything. Only after the report comes something can be said.After hearing from almost all the sides, the investigation team found Shohel Khan’s death in police custody on the basis of primary observation to be a planned murder and recommended the following: -1. There is a severe violation of human rights in the entire case. There has been a gross violation of the Supreme Court guidelines. Therefore, there should be a high level judicial inquiry into the incident under the chairmanship of a retired judge of the High Court within a certain time frame.2.Immediate dismissal of convicted police officers and should be prosecuted for murder.3. In view of the economic condition of the family, compensation of Rs. 50 lakhs should be given to the victim’s family.

4. The lives of family members and eyewitnesses are in danger, so they should be provided judicial protection.

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