Delhi Police register FIR in gangster Ankit Gujjar's death in Tihar jail case
New Delhi, August 10
The Delhi Police have registered a FIR against Tihar Jail deputy superintendent and five subordinates in the death case of gangster Ankit Gujjar. Gujjar was found dead in Tihar Jail premises on July 4.
DCP (West) Urvija Goel states they have registered an FIR under IPC Sections 302 (murder) and 34 at Hari Nagar police station.
According to the police, the post korten report of Gujjar stated that there are multiple injuries. The cause of death due to haemorrhage consequent upon only cumulative effect of multiple blunt force injuries sustained to the body.
Gujjar had allegedly killed BJP leader Vijay Pandit outside his Dadri home in 2014.
His mother Geeta had filed an application at the court seeking directions to police to register an FIR. She had complained that Gujjar was assaulted by police officials during which he “sustained grievous injuries and no medical assistance is being rendered to her son.”
“That the deceased has been murdered by the proposed accused persons on account of the fact that he refused to pay a sum of Rs 1 lakh to the jail superintendent,” the application mentioned.
Gujjar's father had also told media his son was beaten for not paying Tihar officials “protection money”.
In a purported video shared by his father, an inmate of Tihar jail number 3, who was recently released, claimed that on August 3 the deputy superintendent had slapped Ankit following an argument between them over a mobile phone recovered from outside the deceased’s cell. He claimed that Ankit slapped him back. Later, he claimed, the official returned with 35 personnel and thrashed Gujjar for 30 minutes.
The police however stated that all allegations are going to be investigated with the official start of investigation in the case.
