Dushyant Pandey suicide case: Activist demands CID probe

Dushyant Pandey suicide case: Activist demands CID probe

                                                                                         

SOCIAL activist Umesh Chouhey has demanded that the sensational Dushyant Pandey suicide case of Mouda be handed over to the State CID (Crime) for an impartial probe.

With father of the deceased engineer, Dushyant Pandey alleging that his son. who was employed with Hindalco Industries Limited. Mouda, took theextreme step on September 25 last year following harassment by a senior company official. Choubey told mediapersons at a press conference that he has made an appeal to Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil to handover the probe to the State CID (Crime) immediately. A native of Bikaner. Chakradhar Pandey. who was also present at theprcssconference. said Dushyant was working as an engineer at Hindalco Industries Limited's plant at Mouda. His son committed suicide following harassment by chief administrator of the company plant last year. Two hours before Dushyant ended his life, he said his son spoke to the company official. His son was quite depressed because of harassment by me official and had even told him and his other family members about it, he added.Chakradhar Pandey alleged that Mouda Police did not verify the call data record (CDR) of his son's cellphone and emails in a bid 10 shield the company official. Moreover, me security officers at the plain destroyed the evidence as per the instructions of the company official, he alleged. To a questioner. Umesh Choubey said  thai Mouda Police did not register the FIR when father of the deceased went to the police station to lodge a complaint. Even after more than 11 months of the incident, he said. Mouda Police deliberately avoided impartial investigation into the case in a bid to protect the company officials, he added. Choubey said that the government has been appealed to handover the investigations to the State CID (Crime) considering seriousness of the issue.

A memorandum of demand was also submitted to the Special Inspector General of Police (Nagpur Range) Ravindra Kadam, he added.

Posted in: News 2014