{"id":204403,"date":"2021-11-10T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=204403"},"modified":"2021-11-10T19:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T13:44:56","slug":"muslim-man-kasganj-police-custodial-death-samajwadi-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/muslim-man-kasganj-police-custodial-death-samajwadi-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslim man dies in police custody in Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s Kasganj, opposition says another misdeed of state police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A 22-year-old Muslim youth called for questioning at the police station died on Wednesday in the lock-up in Uttar Pradesh&#8217;s Kasganj district. The police said that Altaaf, an accused of running away with a woman from his village of Ahirauli in Kasganj, found him in an unconscious state inside the police station washroom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kasganj Police statement has, however, been slammed on social media, with many, including actor Sushant Singh, raising questions about the police version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A muslim youth called for questioning at police station dies in UP, India.<br><br>Police claims he died by hanging himself in this prison tap.<br><br>&#8211; How can a 6 ft person hang himself in 1 ft tap?<br>&#8211; As per police claim, he used the jacket drawstring to hang himself. 1\/2<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForAltaf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForAltaf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nyYdQICkTm\">pic.twitter.com\/nyYdQICkTm<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gabbar (@Gabbar0099) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gabbar0099\/status\/1458363675601870848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A muslim youth called for questioning at police station dies in UP, India.<br><br>Police claims he died by hanging himself in this prison tap.<br><br>&#8211; How can a 6 ft person hang himself in 1 ft tap?<br>&#8211; As per police claim, he used the jacket drawstring to hang himself. 1\/2<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForAltaf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForAltaf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TOClSdFnRT\">pic.twitter.com\/TOClSdFnRT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fahad Zoy (@FahadZoy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FahadZoy\/status\/1458429927057813509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hitting out at Yogi Adityanath, the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav branded the incident as another misdeed of UP&#8217;s thoko police. Condemning the incident, the SP took to Twitter and wrote under the patronage of the UP chief minister, criminals and police are committing an encounter of law and order in Uttar Pradesh. The guilty policemen should face a murder case and must be punished, the SP wrote on its official Twitter handle in Hindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">BJP \u0930\u093e\u091c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u090f\u0915 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0938\u094d\u091f\u094b\u0921\u093f\u092f\u0932 \u0921\u0947\u0925!<br><br>\u0915\u093e\u0938\u0917\u0902\u091c \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0939\u093f\u0930\u093e\u0938\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u094c\u0930\u093e\u0928 \u092f\u0941\u0935\u0915 \u0915\u0940 \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e, \u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u0915\u0947 &quot;\u0920\u094b\u0915\u094b&quot; \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u090f\u0915 \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0928\u093e\u092e\u093e \u0939\u0948!<br><br>\u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0905\u092a\u0930\u093e\u0927\u0940 \u0914\u0930 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u0924\u093e\u0930 CM \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0930\u092a\u0930\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0940 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0915\u093e\u0928\u0942\u0928 \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e \u0915\u093e \u090f\u0928\u0915\u093e\u0909\u0902\u091f\u0930 \u0915\u0930 \u0930\u0939\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0964<br><br>\u0926\u094b\u0937\u0940 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938\u0915\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0916\u093f\u0932\u093e\u092b \u0939\u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u0915\u0947\u0938 \u091a\u0932\u0947, \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u091c\u093e\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVACmWrvng\">pic.twitter.com\/oVACmWrvng<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Samajwadi Party (@samajwadiparty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samajwadiparty\/status\/1458275142698614789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Congress  General Secretary and incharge of UP Smt. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra ji will be meeting the family members of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Altaf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Altaf<\/a> who died in the Uttar Pradesh police custody.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Altaf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Altaf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForAltaf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForAltaf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tehseen Poonawalla Official \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@tehseenp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tehseenp\/status\/1458411740199227393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I request this IPS officer to show a demo that how Altaf committed suicide by hanging himself from a tap and jacket string. With full security &amp; precautions. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForAltaf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForAltaf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v0WeDJJ2Ff\">pic.twitter.com\/v0WeDJJ2Ff<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Suraj Kumar Bauddh (@SurajKrBauddh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SurajKrBauddh\/status\/1458393609032462343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/shuja_2006\/status\/1458413577086242817\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Altaaf died by hanging himself in the washroom tap of the police station, the police said. When the police took him to a community health centre at Ashok Nagar in Kasganj, he died after 5 minutes of his treatment, the police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Chief Minister openly said &#39;thok denge&#39;. Altaf&#39;s extrajudicial murder is manifestation of Chief Minister&#39;s words. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JusticeForAltaf?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JusticeForAltaf<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fNMeXs6UD2\">https:\/\/t.co\/fNMeXs6UD2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sharjeel Usmani (@SharjeelUsmani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SharjeelUsmani\/status\/1458348986482376705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a video widely shared on Twitter, Altaaf&#8217;s father said his son was murdered in custody while cops claimed that he hanged himself in a police station washroom with the drawstring of his jacket hood. It is not suicide, it is a police killing and they killed his son, Miya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In UP&#39;s kasganj, a youth Altaf was detained in the case of elopement of a girl. Later, he was found dead in custody in the police lockup. Father of the deceased alleged police foul play in the death of his son. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fh5qs2uCXe\">pic.twitter.com\/Fh5qs2uCXe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Benarasiyaa\/status\/1458109880070410242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, a sanitation worker, who was accused of stealing Rs 25 lakh from Jagdishpura police station in Agra, died in police custody after his health deteriorated during interrogation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altaaf&#8217;s father Chahat Miya claimed that he handed over his son to the police at 8 pm on Monday. His father was also in favour of fair investigation but on Tuesday when he went to see his child, the police didn\u2019t allow him to meet Altaaf and also does misbehave with Altaaf&#8217;s father. Later in the evening, he died in police custody. 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