Lucknow, July 28, 2021 (PPI-OT):In India, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader’s 22-year-old son committed suicide by hanging himself after his mother was allegedly roughed up and their house ransacked by police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Akshay, son of a local Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader, had taken his mother, 62, to a vaccination centre to get her vaccinated against COVID-19 and wanted to get her the jab first instead of standing in queue, citing her age at a Covid vaccination camp in Ranchhad area of the state. A policeman allegedly slapped Akshay and got into a scuffle, his family members said. The vaccination camp was organised by the Health Department in a primary school at Ranchhad in Baghpat district.

Later, policemen raided Akshay’s house and broke chairs and a window of the car and also vandalised a tractor, the family alleged. When the women of the house protested, they were insulted. Akshay’s mother Madhu, her sister-in-law Kamlesh and one Dharamveer Singh of the village were taken into custody and brought to the police station. A case was filed against Akshay, they said. Upset over this, Akshay allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself, the family said.

After the news of the suicide reached the villagers, they held a demonstration demanding that a case be lodged against the policemen. On the complaint of Akshay’s father, a case was filed against five policemen, including police station in-charge Chandrakant Pandey, ASI Udham Singh Talan, constable Ashwani, head constable Salim and constable Murli, under Section 306 (abetment of suicide) and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, police said.

Superintendent of Police, Baghpat, Abhishek Singh said 10 policemen of Binauli Police Station have been relieved of their duties and attached to police lines. He said Akshay had assaulted the police personnel due to which there was chaos in the camp. “A report was filed against Akshay at the Binauli Police Station for obstructing government work as well as for assault. Later, he ended his life by suicide,” the SP said. In a similar incident, five people, including a doctor, were injured when a clash broke out between two groups over COVID-19 vaccination in the Sukhpura area of Ballia district of the UP.

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