ASI arrested by SOG team in Gomtipur boy suicide case

Ahmedabad

The Special Operation Group (SOG) of the crime branch of Ahmedabad police today arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in connection with the suicide of a 14 year old boy in Gomtipur area of the city on March 26 owing to alleged police beating.

ASI Samatsinh Khant, an ASI with Gomtipur police station who was in the PCR van which lifted Dhruv Parmar from near his house in Ramanpura ni Chali, was arrested by the SOG team led by ACP B C Solanki constituted for the inquiry of the case lodged under the section 305 of the IPC, section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and other sections of SC/ST atrocities act.

The boy had committed suicide the same day after allegedly being thrashed by the police. Tension had spread in the area with angry demonstrations following the incident which led to the order of inquiry in to the incident.

It was alleged that the boy was first beaten up near his house and later was picked up in the PCR van and taken to the local police station where he was again thrashed and later left with a threat not to roam outside his house.

The ASI on the other hand in his submission has said that the boy was using foul language against a local woman which prompted him to take action.

The matter was still under investigation.