Chattarpur, Madhya Pradesh:
A man was killed and another seriously injured when they jumped from the third floor of a house to escape the police during a raid on a gambling party.
Police raided a house that belonged to Rajesh Goswami last night near a local church after receiving a tip-off that some people had gathered there for a gambling session on the occasion of Diwali, said City Superintendent of Police (CSP) D K Rathore.
The deceased man was identified as Chotu Sen.
However, Goswami's mother, Ramsakhi Bai, alleged that police entered the house forcibly and pushed the two men down from the third-floor.
Enraged locals attacked the police.
Taking a serious note of the incident, Chhattarpur's Superintendent of Police, P S Bisht, has ordered suspension of five policemen and directed registration of a case under section 338 of the IPC (causing grievous hurt) against them.
Incidentally, in a similar incident, a youth was killed when police raided a field where some men were gambling near Babai town of Hoshangabad district on Wednesday night.
Locals alleged that the youth was beaten up by the police, while the police claimed that he fell while trying to run off and suffered fatal injuries.
Police raided a house that belonged to Rajesh Goswami last night near a local church after receiving a tip-off that some people had gathered there for a gambling session on the occasion of Diwali, said City Superintendent of Police (CSP) D K Rathore.
The deceased man was identified as Chotu Sen.
However, Goswami's mother, Ramsakhi Bai, alleged that police entered the house forcibly and pushed the two men down from the third-floor.
Enraged locals attacked the police.
Taking a serious note of the incident, Chhattarpur's Superintendent of Police, P S Bisht, has ordered suspension of five policemen and directed registration of a case under section 338 of the IPC (causing grievous hurt) against them.
Incidentally, in a similar incident, a youth was killed when police raided a field where some men were gambling near Babai town of Hoshangabad district on Wednesday night.
Locals alleged that the youth was beaten up by the police, while the police claimed that he fell while trying to run off and suffered fatal injuries.
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