Kannauj (UP), Oct 13 (PTI) Three police personnel have been suspended for alleged negligence after a 15-year-old Dalit boy was feared down in a river while attempting to escape from a raiding police team in Gursahaiganj area of Kannauj district, a senior police official said on Monday.
Uttar Pradesh Minister Asim Arun and Kanpur DIG Harish Chandra on Monday reached the village and met the boy's family members. They sought details from them about the incident and assured them of possible help.
On Sunday, the police team, acting in connection with a report filed on January 10 regarding the abduction of a minor girl, arrived at Kamlesh Kumar's home in Devipurwa village in search of his elder son, Kishanpal, Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar said.
Upon not finding Kishanpal, they took his younger brother Ramjeet (10) to his farm for investigation. His brother, Dharamveer, who was working there, after seeing the police, jumped into the Kali river, he said, adding that the SDRF team is searching for the missing teenager.
Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar on Sunday suspended Gursahaiganj SHO Alok Kumar Dubey, Naurangpur outpost in-charge Harish Kumar, and constable Ravindra in the wake of the incident.
Kumar said that Dharamveer's family alleged that the police had come to arrest Kishanpal on suspicion, but on not finding him, the police tried to arrest his brother, Dharamveer.
Arun, Minister of State (independent charge) for Social Welfare, Scheduled Caste and Tribal Welfare, said that the government stands with the boy's family and action will be taken against the guilty police personnel.
He later met the family and the DIG and assured all possible help to Dharamveer's mother Amrawati.
Minister Arun promised the family to provide lease of 5 bighas of land to the family, a house under Chief Minister's housing scheme, Rs 2500 per month under the Child Welfare Scheme for both children, and a pension to their mother.
Even after 30 hours, the teenager who drowned in the Kali River has still not been found.