Six cops in the dock for caddie's murder

Sun, Jun 1 01:05 AM

Nearly two months after a caddie was allegedly tortured to death by policemen in the Delhi Cantonment area, a criminal case was registered against them on Friday. A case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was registered against six policemen, including an ACP, when a city court completed a magisterial enquiry into the death of 19-year-old Vicky who reportedly died in police custody on March 12.

Vicky, who worked at the Army Golf Course, was picked up for interrogation by five policemen of the Special Staff, southwest district, and taken to their office in Dhaula Kuan for his suspected involvement in a chain snatching case. Police had said Vicky complained of a stomach pain and was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital for treatment in the evening and he died in the hospital.

His family, however, alleged Vicky died after being beaten up by the policemen. "At last I can see some ray of hope and now seek to get justice for my son who was tortured to death by the policemen," said Babli Devi, Vicky's mother.

An FIR was registered on the orders of Metropolitan Magistrate Kuldeep Narayan on Friday. Babli alleged the policemen tried to entice her into giving false statements and had even threatened one of the eyewitnesses in the case.

She said the policemen had given contradictory statements regarding the cause of his death. "The policemen showed me Vicky's face at the mortuary of Safdarjung Hospital.

Blood had clotted in his mouth. Initially, they told me he died in an accident.

Later they told me he died due to drug overdose," said Babli.

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