Uttar Pradesh. In Uttar Pradesh, on January 16, the police claimed to have killed a Muslim youth in an alleged encounter, although the family says that he had nothing to do with the theft but was brutally murdered by the police. According to the information, 23-year-old Matin, a resident of Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar district, had left home for the vegetable market as usual to buy vegetables for his cart, but did not return home for lunch in the afternoon.
According to the report of Maktoob Media, on the same day at around 3 pm he got a call from an unknown number, Mateen was on the line and he said, “I have been shot by the police and I am in the Medical Hospital, Meerut”, the call got disconnected as soon as he said this. . The family called the same number several times, but got no response, so they decided to go to the hospital. Upon reaching the hospital, the family found Mateen lying on a hospital stretcher seriously injured and surrounded by police officers.
The family alleges that the police did not allow us to meet him, we were told that they would let us meet Mateen in an hour, but they did not allow us to meet him. However, at around 7:00 pm on January 17, family members were informed by the medical staff and a police constable that Mateen had died during treatment. Abrar, the father of the deceased, claims that a doctor at the hospital told him that Mateen was shot on the left side of his stomach, which destroyed his intestines and led to his death due to a failed operation.
Abrar has claimed in his complaint to the police that his son was killed by the police in a fake encounter. He was leading a normal life and was not involved in any matter. Regarding this incident, the family had filed a complaint against five police officers including Sub Inspector Atul Kumar, three head constables Akash Chaudhary, Deepak Kumar, Manjeet Singh and constable Govind Singh at Mawana police station on January 19, although the police has not yet registered an FIR. Is of. Police claim that, we had gone to arrest the accused of theft. Seeing the police, the accused tried to run away by car, but the police chased them for 1 kilometer. Two accused managed to escape through sugarcane fields. One surrendered, and the other was shot in the crossfire. However, the family members are denying this claim of the police.
