NEW DELHI: Within two days of his arrival here from Germany 21-year old Kuldeep Singh was a dead man allegedly done to death by the officials of IGI airport in police station
According to the youth’s family members he was Liken into Custody the moment he landed at the airport. The police were demanding Rs 10,000 for his release they claimed However the Limily could not Cough up the cash and on May 40 hey were asked to collect Kuldip’s body from DDU Hospital.
Acting promptly on the complaint of the deceased’s father Ay Singh the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Punjabi Bagh zone) on Tuesday initiated an inquest in the mutter The body has been brought to Subzi Mandi mortuary for autopsy to ensure fair postmortem SDM.
Virendra Kumher has setup aboard of doctors Each one of them from different hospital for the pur pose
The police on their pan maintain that Kuldeep died of heat stroke. Apparently he could not bear the ongoing heat wave which has lashed the capital for the past one week and died said one of the officials.
Apparently an illegal immigrant the deportation proceedings for Kuldeep were stained last week by the German authorities. On Friday last the police apprehended him the moment he landed at IGT airport. The charge against him is still not clear
On Saturday afternoon Ajit Singh and his oldest son Sukhvinder Singh said a police party reached my house (in Baljit Nagar West Delhi) along with Kuldeep. Straightaway they demanded Rs 10,000 for his release our pleas to free the boy fell on deaf years we said we could not manage more than Rs 2000 but they did not agree. One of them said some of the cash has to go 10 the senior officials. The police party returned in a huff said Ajit Singh adding I could see that they had beaten up my son mercilessly and he was limping. Terror was writ large on his face. Before being dragged back to the police vehicle he urged me to arrange for the money for otherwise he would surely be killed.
Two days later Ajit’s worst fear came truce On Monday night I was informed that my son had died in Tihar Jail the old man recounted with tears in his eyes _ Using he plea that Kuldeep died inside Tihar Jail tic IG police has sought to wash their hands off the case The adamant family members however would not let them. If they are to be believed by the time Kuldeep reached Tihar he was already in a serious condition. i have seen the body. It is carrying numerous bruises and other tell-tale marks of third degree treatment This is right a case of heat Stroke held sub hinder Inquiries from Tihar Jail revealed that Kuldeep was brought there at 5 pm on Sunday but the same evening after he complained of fever the authorities shifted him to DDU Hospital. At 10;30 pm he breathed his last. Formerly a taxi-driver Kuldip’s father quit the profession 10 years ago due to failing health. On Tuesday morning accompanying him and Sukhvinder to the SDM’s court in Tis Hazari was an agitated group of six taxi drivers from South Patel Nagar Taxi Stand.
Each of them stood by Ajit Singh’s allegation Even we tried to collect the cash for the body’s release but could come up with only a few hundred rupees Wey disclosed Virinder Kumar inspected the body at Subzi Mandi mortuary in the afternoon but the postmortem would be carried out on Wednesday.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 3, 1994
