Hours after a fight with Uttar Pradesh policemen at a vaccination centre, a 20-year-old died by suicide in Baghpat district on Monday. 

According to the Baghpat’s police chief Abhishek Singh, ten policemen have been removed from duty and a case has been filed against them. The victim’s body has been sent for postmortem, said the police adding that they will not spare anyone.

The incident was captured in a 90-second video shot at the vaccination centre in the afternoon, which has been widely shared on social media. It shows at least two policemen trying to grab the man, and the second person trying to intervene is s pushed away by the cops. 

An abetment to suicide complaint has been filed by the victim’s father, who alleged that the argument started when the police did not let his son enter the vaccination centre despite his name was being called out by the medical staff on duty.  The police pushed his son around and when he asked why, they started beating him badly and later dragged him to a room where they assaulted him with lathis.

The victim’s father further claimed that they managed to get him away from the spot but later in the evening, many police came to their village home and even assaulted his wife. His son got very scared and ran away, later they found his body hanging from a tree, he said.

As per the victim’s relatives, he was driven to suicide by the policemen who assaulted him for no reason at the vaccination centre, and then later came to his home, where his mother was also beaten.

Reportedly, five of the ten policemen have also been named in abetment to suicide complaint.

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Meanwhile, the vaccination programme for Covid-19 is underway for people above 18 years of age across the country. The government has planned to inoculate the entire adult population by the end of this year.

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