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Ranchi, Oct 21: The post-mortem report of Minhaj Ansari has now substantiated the allegations of his family that he was brutally assaulted in the police station in Jamtara district and he died due to the custodial torture.
Minhaj, 22, was picked from his home in Jamtara on 3rd Oct for allegedly sharing an image of a slaughtered cow in a local Whatsapp group. He was brutally beaten by the police, alleged his mother in the FIR. When he fainted and his condition deteriorated, the police first took him to the local hospital, then to the Dhanbad Medical College and Hospital and from there he was referred to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi. He died here on 9th Oct.
As per the report of his post-mortem conducted at RIMS, Minhaj had several injuries on his body, both external and internal. He had injury marks on elbow and forearm and the mucus of stomach was highly congested and had reddish brown blood.
Those injuries were “caused by hard and blunt substance,” says the post-mortem report.
The report further says that the “cause of death is haemorrhage and shock.”
His viscera have been preserved “for histopathological examination to know pathological process and to conclude the final cause of death.”
Umar Miyan, father of Minhaj Ansari (extreme left in front row). Minhaj’s mother Ajhaula Bibi (2nd from left in 2nd row and his wife with baby girl in lap.
Mother’s allegations in FIR
As per the FIR lodged at the Narayanpur police station by Minhaj’s mother on 6th Oct, he was brutally beaten by the officer in-charge of the police station and a resident of the neighbouring village inside the police station on 3rd Oct. The youth sustained internal injuries and slipped into coma. When her mother requested the officer not to beat him, she was also beaten and pushed out of the station.
“When police came to my home, my son pleaded innocence but he was dragged to police van and taken to police station. When I came to the police station I saw the police station in-charge and a villager mercilessly beating my son. When I requested the officer not to beat my son, he pounced on me and beat me up, twisted my arms, all my bangles were broken and my cloth were torn, he pushed me out of the station. I helplessly stood outside the station and saw my son being beaten before my eye,” said Ajhola Bibi, mother of Minhaj Ansari, in the FIR.
“They savagely beat my son. When he fainted, they poured water on him to make him conscious. When he didn’t the officer took my son in his vehicle to Narayanpur govt hospital. The doctor at govt hospital checked my son and told the officer that his condition is very serious and he should be immediately taken to a big hospital,” she further said.
“Then the officer and the villager took my son to Dhanbad Medical College, where he is unconscious since 3rd Oct. When I enquired with the doctor, he told me that my son was so brutally beaten that he got internal injuries and he is in coma and his condition is very serious and nothing could be said about his survival,” wrote Bibi in the FIR.
Minhaj, father of an 8-month baby girl, was referred to RIMS on 7th Oct and he died there on 9th Oct.
Acting on the FIR, officer-in-charge of Narayanpur police station, Harish Pathak was first suspended and a case of attempt to murder and outraging the modesty of a woman was registered against him. After Minhaj’s death on 9th Oct, the attempt to murder charge was changed to a murder charge.
Meanwhile, the state government has awarded a compensation amount of Rs two lakh to Minhaj’s family.
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