Bihar Police thrashes, arrests Galwan martyr’s father for ‘illegally’ constructing son’s memorial

The father of Jai Kishore Singh, the armyman who laid down his existence preventing the Chinese troops in Galwan Valley in 2020, has been despatched to prison on fees of building a memorial withinside the reminiscence of his son `illegally’ in a village in Bihar’s Vaishali district. A CCTV pictures has additionally long past viral on social media, in which the daddy of the sufferer is visible being dragged with the aid of using the law enforcement officials and brought to a police station withinside the midnight on Saturday.

Raj Kapoor Singh, had built a memorial in reminiscence of his son on February 24 of closing yr of their village, Kajri Buzurg, below the Jandaha police station in Vaishali district. Several neighborhood authorities officers had additionally participated withinside the characteristic whilst the memorial changed into inaugurated.

However, problem began out for the martyr’s own circle of relatives closing December after they confronted objections from their neighbour, Harinath Ram, after they raised a wall across the bust. Harinath Ram alleged that Raj Kapoor Singh had violated an settlement below which he changed into meant to shop for a chunk of land for him some place else because the memorial changed into built on land belonging to him, which blocked his motion to his residence. Raj Kapoor Singh changed into arrested after a case changed into filed in opposition to him for violating Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 188, 323, 504 and 506, in addition to diverse sections of the SC/ST Act.

“The police instructed me to get rid of the memorial inside 15 days. After that, the neighborhood police got here to the residence and arrested my father after which took him away, beating and abusing him,” stated Nand Kishore Singh, brother of martyr Jai Kishore Singh. After the case changed into registered in opposition to Raj Kapoor Singh, he changed into forcibly arrested from his residence on Saturday night.

“The complainant in this example stated that due to the development of the memorial, it blocked his motion to his residence. Based at the complaint, the daddy, the martyr, has been arrested,” stated Poonam Kesari, DSP Mahua.