Hapur, Uttar Pradesh:

A man who went to a police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur to file a complaint was left shocked by an unusual demand from the cops. Chanchal Kumar, who lost his mobile phone, went to the police station to file a complaint but he was told by a police officer to bring one kilogram of ‘jalebis‘ first. Upset over his lost cellphone, the man had no other option but to fulfil the cop’s demand.

The incident happened in Kanaur village, around 91 kms from state capital Lucknow, under Bahadurgarh police station limits. On Saturday evening, Chanchal went out to purchase medicines when he lost his mobile phone. Despite a thorough search, he was unable to find it.

At the police station, after listening to his complainant, the cop asked him to either get Balushahi (a North-Indian sweet) or hot Jalebis for them.

When Mr Kumar sensed that the cop won’t budge, he purchased Jalebis from the shop following which the police officer registered his complaint. 

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Earlier this month, a sub-inspector posted in UP’s Kannauj was suspended for demanding “potatoes” as a bribe. Investigation revealed that the word “potato” was used as a code for bribe. The incident came to light after an alleged audio of the cop, Ram Kripal Singh, asking for a bribe to settle a case went viral on social media.

Days later, another police officer was suspended for demanding a cooler as a bribe in Uttar Pradesh. Manish Kumar Prajapati – posted in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district – was accused by a man of asking for a cooler and ₹ 6,000 as a bribe from his wife. The man, Om Prakash Sharma from Katghara Shankar Village, also claimed Mr Prajapati abused his wife on a phone call.

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(With inputs from Mohammad Adnan)

Hapur:

A local court in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur on Tuesday convicted all 10 people accused in the 2018 mob lynching case and sentenced them to life imprisonment.

The court of Additional District Judge (POCSO) Shweta Dixit, after hearing both the parties, convicted 10 people of killing 45-year-old Qasim and assaulting Samaydeen (62) on a false rumour of cow slaughter.

According to government counsel Vijay Chauhan, the court has also imposed a fine of Rs 58,000 each on Rakesh, Hariom, Yudhishthir, Rinku, Karanpal, Manish, Lalit, Sonu, Kaptan, and Mangeram of Dhaulana’s Bajhaida village.

The prosecution argued that the victim’s side does not have any enmity against the accused and only seek justice. They had also requested the court not to give death sentence to the convicts.

In June 2018, a mob had lynched Qasim, a resident of Bajhaida village, accusing him of slaughtering a banned animal.

Samaydeen was also assaulted on a false rumour of cow slaughter, but he survived.

The police registered a false FIR giving the incident a motorcycle accident angle but after Samaydeen moved Supreme Court, the investigation was brought on track, Chauhan said.

Samaydeen had filed a writ petition in Supreme Court in 2018 and the court had directed provision of security and recording of statement under section 164 CrPC, and directed IG (Meerut Zone) to supervise the investigation. 

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