Overview
- Commissioner Swapan Sharma ordered the suspensions and assigned Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigation) Harpal Singh to lead the probe.
- FIRs were filed Friday against four personnel under BNS sections for voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful confinement, and criminal intimidation, with a separate case against two civilians for alleged religious insult and assault.
- Protesters from social and labour groups blocked Bharat Nagar Chowk for nearly four hours, causing citywide traffic snarls before lifting the blockade once FIRs were registered.
- Cab driver Ranjodh Singh alleges he was beaten inside the Kailash Nagar police post on January 26, had a nail plucked with a plier, was taken to Civil Hospital without proper examination, and spent a night in a lock-up before release.
- Police contend the injuries were self-inflicted during an attempted suicide in custody, say CCTV captured the incident, and cite a medical report indicating intoxication as the investigation proceeds.