Lucknow, May 12, 2023 (PPI-OT): A Muslim students had to be admitted to a hospital in a critical condition after being severely tortured by the police in Pratapgarh district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in custody. The family members of 19-year-old Muhammad Danish said that on May 10th, the policemen stopped him on Ayodhya-Prayagraj Highway for not showing his driving license while he was returning home from Chhitpalgarh market on his motorcycle in Delhupur area of the district. The police abused and beat him, including giving him electric shocks, before taking him to the police station.

A polytechnic student “Danish” was beaten by cops in Police Custody after an argument when he failed to provide driving licence during Vehicle Checking in Pratapgarhi. Danish’s brother has filed a complaint against two unknown police officers and Inspector Ram Anuj Yadav under various sections of the Indian Penal Code at the Delhupur police station, media reports said. Danish is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad).

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