After fields now people committing suicides in Punjab police stations!
The victim identified, as Jasbir Kaur, was allegedly tortured by the police in the name of questioning which compelled her to take the extreme step.
In Short
- Jasbir Kaur committed suicide in a Bathinda police station.
- She was by police tortured in the name of questioning
- SSP Bathinda Swapan Sharma has ordered a probe into the matter.
After the fields now Punjab's police stations are earning a bad name for suicides. A 21 year old woman committed suicide in a Bathinda police station on Saturday under mysterious conditions.
The victim identified, as Jasbir Kaur, was allegedly tortured by the police in the name of questioning which compelled her to take the extreme step.
Jasbir was found hanging inside a police station bathroom. She was currently living with her maternal grandfather in Kotra Kaura village of Bathinda.
"Jasbir had gone to pay obeisance at a Patiala Sikh shrine along with her friend Baljinder Kaur, who left somewhere else with her boyfriend and never returned home. When her parents lodged a missing report, the police called Jasbir for questioning. The police scared the girl by asking questions about Baljinder's boyfriend. She was fearful when she asked to go to the loo where she committed suicide," said Jasbir's aunt Kulwinder Kaur.
Sources said Jasbir was mentally tortured by Bathinda's Ballianwali police station. The police is desperately trying to hush-up the case. Sources say the
It was also reported that the accused police officials have blamed the family members for the victim saying that it were the local Panchayat members and the family members themselves who brought the girl to police station.
However, SSP Bathinda Swapan Sharma has ordered a probe into the matter.
"We have ordered a probe. Strict action will be taken against the police officials if they are found guilty of harassing the victim," Swapan Sharma said.
But unfortunately this is not an isolated case of a person committing suicide in a Punjab police station. Earlier on May 18 two Barnala cops were arrested on charges of forcing a farmer to commit suicide in the police station by consuming poison.
Also on April 29 a Ludhiana SHO Davinder Chaudhary, ASI Buta Singh and constable Swaran Singh were placed under suspension for compelling a 26-year-old youth to commit suicide.
A 55 year old farmer Masih, resident of Khera village in Gurdaspur district, had ended his life last month by jumping before a train. It was alleged that police inspector Vidya Sagar had tortured the farmer in the police station and was demanding money for his release from the family. The cop was suspended after deceased's family members protested.