Bilaspur. Two RPF jawans first stole iron plates from the train wagon and sold them, then started harassing the son of a scrap dealer by implicating him in false charges. The scrap dealer, troubled by the harassment of the jawans, committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. The department has held both the jawans guilty for this entire incident, against which both the miscreants filed a petition in the High Court, which was rejected by the court. Also read: Balodabazar violence: Judicial remand of Congress MLA Devendra Yadav ends, will be produced in court today
AK Patre, a resident of Talapara in Bilaspur and Mohit Kumar, a resident of Tilda, were posted as head constables at the Tilda post of RPF. On 28 December 2021, a rack full of iron plates reached Mandhar railway station. Both the jawans are accused of opening the locks of the rack and dropping the iron plates with the help of some people. They filled 50-60 bags and sold them to a scrap dealer. The next day, both of them caught scrap dealer Abdul Khan, a resident of Mandhar.
During interrogation, a false case was lodged against the son of the scrap dealer, Sahil Khan, and he was arrested for attacking the two jawans. Distressed by this incident, scrap dealer Abdul Khan committed suicide by jumping in front of Amarkantak Express on 10 January 2022.
Daughter made a written complaint
After her father’s death, daughter Jannat Khan filed a complaint against both the RPF jawans accusing them of harassing her father and brother and implicating them in false charges and demanded an investigation into the entire matter. After the preliminary investigation, a case was registered against both the jawans on 10 January 2022 itself. The charge sheet was issued on 30 January 2022. Both of them had earlier filed a petition against this, which was dismissed by the High Court.
After completion of the investigation of the case, the investigating officer has submitted his report. On the investigation report submitted on 27 and 28 April 2022, both the soldiers were instructed to give clarification within 15 days. Challenging the allegations made in the investigation report, both the soldiers had filed a petition in the Chhattisgarh High Court against their advocate.
These allegations have been made
Serious allegations have been made against both the RPF jawans in the investigation report. The report states that they are accused of violating the orders of senior officers, being involved in theft, negligence towards duty and misbehaving and assaulting the deceased Abdul Khan. An FIR has been registered against both the RPF jawans under sections 306 and 506 of the IPC. After hearing the case, the court has rejected the petition of both the RPF jawans. The court has allowed both the accused jawans to submit their reply on the investigation report.