.PNG "On an average 5 encounters every day, 9434 encounters in the last five years in UP From March 2017 to April 2022, there have been a total of 9,434 encounters between police and criminals across UP. Despite strong objections and criticism from human rights groups, the pace of police encounters in Uttar Pradesh continues to be high . On an average, police encounters with 5 alleged criminals are taking place in the state every day. Irrespective of criticism, the UP government has become a model for killing criminals in encounters, which is being replicated in other states as well. Assam , another state ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, is rapidly following this encounter model of UP. If statistics are to be believed, Assam has taken the lead in maintaining law and order in the state with the greatest of power to \"do justice by bypassing the judiciary\". According to the official figures of the police department, from March 2017 to April 2022, there have been a total of 9,434 encounters between the police and criminals across Uttar Pradesh. pattern seen in encounter There has been a certain pattern in the modus operandi of these encounters. If one looks closely, there is a similar story in the background of these encounters. In most cases, the suspect is seen by the police on a motorcycle and the policemen ask him to stop. But the accused try to escape by firing at the police and the suspect is either injured or killed in retaliatory firing by the police. Meerut leads UP's tally with 61 alleged criminals killed in police action in 3,138 encounters in the last five years. That is, about a third of the total encounters in the entire UP happened in Meerut alone. Meerut is followed by Agra and Varanasi where 19-19 alleged criminals were killed in police action during this period. Official figures claim that 3,866 alleged perpetrators were injured in the shootout, where the suspect was shot in the leg below the knee. 1,269 policemen also injured Aggressive action on criminals has proved fatal for the police department itself. In some of these encounters, 13 policemen were killed in the line of duty. The dark day for the UP Police Department was 2nd July 2020 when a team of Kanpur Police, trying to nab gangster Vikas Dubey, was gunned down in Bikru village of Kanpur. Eight policemen, including a DSP, were killed in Bikru village. Though his death was avenged by killing Vikas Dubey and six of his close associates in an encounter,")
From March 2017 to April 2022, there have been a total of 9,434 encounters between police and criminals across UP.
Despite strong objections and criticism from human rights groups, the pace of police encounters in Uttar Pradesh continues to be high . On an average, police encounters with 5 alleged criminals are taking place in the state every day. Irrespective of criticism, the UP government has become a model for killing criminals in encounters, which is being replicated in other states as well.
Assam , another state ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, is rapidly following this encounter model of UP. If statistics are to be believed, Assam has taken the lead in maintaining law and order in the state with the greatest of power to "do justice by bypassing the judiciary".
According to the official figures of the police department, from March 2017 to April 2022, there have been a total of 9,434 encounters between the police and criminals across Uttar Pradesh.
pattern seen in encounter
There has been a certain pattern in the modus operandi of these encounters. If one looks closely, there is a similar story in the background of these encounters. In most cases, the suspect is seen by the police on a motorcycle and the policemen ask him to stop. But the accused try to escape by firing at the police and the suspect is either injured or killed in retaliatory firing by the police.
Meerut leads UP's tally with 61 alleged criminals killed in police action in 3,138 encounters in the last five years. That is, about a third of the total encounters in the entire UP happened in Meerut alone.
Meerut is followed by Agra and Varanasi where 19-19 alleged criminals were killed in police action during this period.
Official figures claim that 3,866 alleged perpetrators were injured in the shootout, where the suspect was shot in the leg below the knee.
1,269 policemen also injured
Aggressive action on criminals has proved fatal for the police department itself. In some of these encounters, 13 policemen were killed in the line of duty.
The dark day for the UP Police Department was 2nd July 2020 when a team of Kanpur Police, trying to nab gangster Vikas Dubey, was gunned down in Bikru village of Kanpur.
Eight policemen, including a DSP, were killed in Bikru village. Though his death was avenged by killing Vikas Dubey and six of his close associates in an encounter,
.PNG "The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Father used to come to UP by cycling from Madhya Pradesh to find his son, but the police kept hiding his 'sin'. Banaras Hindu University of Varanasi,His father united day and night to find the missing student of Shiv Kumar Trivedi, now his death has been confirmed. The DNA report of the dead body found two years ago has made it clear that the body was of Shiv Kumar Trivedi. In this case, the family members of Shiva have alleged such barbaric behavior by the police of Lanka police station that they could not even perform the last rites of their son. The family members are pleading with the High Court to get the culprits punished. According to the allegations of the father of the deceased student, the Varanasi Police has acted in a very inhuman manner in this case. In this case, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has raised questions on the negligence and insensitivity of the police administration. Shiv Kumar Trivedi, a second year student of B.Sc. in BHU, Varanasi, was taken from the MPtheater ground of BHU on the night of 13 February 2020 at around 8.30 pm on the complaint of police's 'Police response vehicle' Arjun Singh. Since then Shiva has not been found anywhere. His death has been confirmed almost two years later. According to the police, Shiva's mental state was not good, due to which he died due to drowning in the pond. Shiv, the eldest son of Pradeep Trivedi, a resident of Brajpur village of Badgarhi Khurd village of Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, was pursuing his second year B.Sc from BHU. Younger son Umashankar Trivedi is preparing for civil services. The police of Lanka police station registered a missing, but did not tell Shiva that he was brought to the police station. The PRV team of the Lanka police station took Shiva to the police station on 13 February 2020. While filing the missing report at the same police station, Pradeep was not told that 4 days ago Shiva was brought to the police station. Shiva's father got the advertisement printed and advertised in the newspapers. Then the secret of the police began to open. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Arjun, who informed PRV, called Pradeep after reading the missing report of Shiva on Facebook. On the night of February 13, when Shiva appeared in an unconscious state in the MPtheater ground on the BHU campus, Arjun Singh, who was passing by, called the police on 112 number. Arjun Singh told that in the dark I felt that some student is sitting here due to intoxication, so I called on number 112. The police of Lanka police station came in front of me and took Shiva away. After that I also forgot it. Later I saw the missing poster on Facebook, then took the number of Shiva's father and told the whole thing. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years 'Kept telling orally, but Varanasi police kept hiding the truth in writing' Pradeep Trivedi told that after talking to Arjun, he again went to the Lanka police station the very next day. Told the whole thing there, but the policemen said that they did not know anything. When he told the number of the PRV vehicle, the police told him the PRV of the police station Chetganj and made him walk from there. The Chetganj police station was asked to inquire at the Sir Gate post. On going there, it was told to go to the control room. Didn't get any information from there either. After this, the next day, Shiva's father Pradeep reached the SSP with Arjun. On Arjun's mobile number, a message came from number 112 was shown. The SSP called the driver number 112. After interrogation, the driver only told that we had dropped Shiv Kumar with the Lanka Police at 8.30 pm on the night of 13 February. Pradeep told that after the order of the SSP, I was sent in front of the then Inspector Lanka Bharat Bhushan Tiwari. The driver of PRV said that I had handed it over to him only. Bharat Bhushan confessed that Shiva was in custody overnight. When we saw him in the morning, he had made the bathroom in clothes. He seemed mentally ill. So we left him. Where did he go after this, we do not know, but no one told this in writing. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Shiva's case reached Allahabad High Court Saurabh Tiwari, an alumnus of BHU and a lawyer in the Allahabad High Court, learned the seriousness of the matter and filed a petition in the High Court regarding the matter. The first hearing of which took place on 25 August 2020. In the first hearing, a joint bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Saumitra Dayal Singh had reprimanded the police and said that if necessary, the matter would be investigated by the CBI. The next hearing took place in September. In this hearing, SSP Varanasi was asked to appear before the court with a personal affidavit. In the hearing on September 22, Varanasi SSP Amit Pathak submitted an affidavit in the court and said that it is true that Shiv Kumar Trivedi was brought to the Lanka police station on that day and he disappeared from the police station itself. In this case, the then SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) Amit Pathak had put five policemen on line on September 2, 2020. This included 2 sub-inspectors and 3 constables. In November 2020, the case from UP Police went to CBCID. DNA report proves that Shiva has died More than two years have passed since the search for Shiva. According to the police, they found Shiva in many states. At many places, he also took Pradeep along. But Shiva was already dead. During the hearing in the Allahabad High Court on April 21, the police said that on February 15, 2020, ie, two days after the police went to the police station with Shiva, a dead body was found in Jamuna Talab, Ramnagar, Varanasi. The police, led by Sunita Singh, IPS of CBCID CIS branch Lucknow, got her DNA tested, which matched with Shiva's father Pradeep Trivedi. Meaning Shiva has already died. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Advocate Saurabh Tiwari said that the arguments of the police are creating doubts Regarding the hearing on April 21, advocate Saurabh Tiwari said that he raised many questions before the court for the police. Told that according to the police the student was mentally ill. After leaving the Lanka police station, he drowned in the pond of Ramnagar. On this I kept my point and told the court why that student would go to Lanka police station 5 km in the pond or Pokhari of Ramnagar. If he had to die by drowning, then why didn't he jump into the Ganges when it would have been on his way. The police told the court that on that day when Shiva was brought to the police station, the CCTV camera there was not working. Whereas in the reply sought from RTI, it was told that all the cameras were running. But, it has not been included in the investigation so far. One more thing is that when the student's father files a missing report in the police station, the police officers concerned with him do not do any investigation for six months. The investigation started from 16 August 2020. I raised all these questions in the court. The next hearing will be on July 14. Pradeep Trivedi lost 5 acres of land to find his son Shiva's father Pradeep, who belongs to a very poor house, had a total of 5 acres of land. He used to earn from this to educate his meritorious sons. Pradeep Trivedi says that Shiv passed IIT entrance only after doing 12th from Navodaya, but due to ill health did not take admission and went to study in BHU. Shiv's younger brother Umashankar Trivedi is preparing for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after graduating from DU. He did not miss even taking a loan for the education of his sons. When Shiva went missing, he kept looking for him in nearby cities and states, including Varanasi, taking a loan from the village sarpanch. He told that when the police got reprimanded from the court, then the then Lanka Inspector Bharat Bhushan Tiwari reached Pradeep's village and went to the sarpanch and called him. Pradeep said that Bharat Bhushan Tiwari told him to get the land free by taking 10 lakh rupees. In lieu of this, pressure was made to withdraw the case. But, Pradeep refused to do so. After which, under the pressure of the police, the sarpanch started demanding his money from Pradeep. Due to the huge amount, he could not repay it and before the stipulated time, the Sarpanch got all his land in his name. Today Pradeep is working as a laborer to feed his family. On the other hand, Shiv's younger brother is preparing for civil services after surviving in Delhi. How can a student seeking admission in BHU BSc become insane? Shiv's younger brother Umashankar said that 'My last conversation with Bhaiya was on 12 February. The police were saying that he was insane. How can a crazy person get admission in a best institute like BHU? He had passed the first year examination only then he had reached the second year. Despite this, if he was mad, he would have left him to eat mad. Where did we not find the brother? Don't know what the police did to him. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Pradeep Trivedi reached many times in search of son by cycling from Varanasi to Panna and Panna to Varanasi Pradeep Trivedi, father of the missing student Shiva from BHU, struggled a lot to find the son. It is said that a few days after he reached Varanasi in February, a lockdown-like situation arose. He covered a distance of 400 km from Varanasi to Panna by cycling continuously for 4 days. Due to the long time of lock down, he came to Varanasi many times by bicycle and where he found his son. But his whereabouts were unable to be traced. Abused the police and heard threats too, but stood firm. Pradeep said that now the death of the son has been confirmed, now truth and justice are expected from the court. Shiva's body was found in the dress of a Muslim, a locket was found around his neck with kurta pajama Pradeep Trivedi has made many serious allegations against the police of suppressing and hiding the matter. He said that on 16 February 2020, I had reached the Lanka police station to file a missing report of my son Shiv Kumar Trivedi. Whereas on February 15, a dead body was recovered at Ramnagar police station. But I was not informed about it. If the police wanted, they could have been identified at that time. He said that in the investigation of CBCID, the photo of the dead body recovered from Ramnagar police station was shown, it was of my son. The clothes on his body looked like Muslim clothes. He alleged that somewhere it is the work of the criminal mind of the police. My son was killed and thrown there after changing his clothes so that he could not be identified. Removing the mask of the dreadful face of the police, he said that during the lockdown, when the poor were being kept at schools and centers, at the same time the police tried to identify me by taking me to a center. Where a skeleton was lying wearing his son's clothes. In identification, Pradeep considered the clothes to be that of his son, but nothing was getting clear from the skeleton. Police pressurized that this is your son's body, on which Pradeep talked about DNA test. After the test report came, it was found that the skeleton is of a woman and not of a man. Pradeep did not know that the police would drop his character so much. He has full faith in the court. His eyes filled with tears as he described the torture of the police. Priyanka Gandhi tweeted in the case of Shiv Trivedi, a student missing from BHU The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has written on Twitter that it is deeply saddened to hear the painful ordeal of the family of BHU student Shiv Trivedi. The family of this meritorious student who came to study BHU from Panna, Madhya Pradesh came to know after 2 years that Shiva had died. In this entire incident, the negligence and insensitivity of the police administration is clearly visible and only high level investigation will ensure correct information and justice. Shiv Trivedi's family must get justice.")
The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years
.PNG "The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Father used to come to UP by cycling from Madhya Pradesh to find his son, but the police kept hiding his 'sin'. Banaras Hindu University of Varanasi,His father united day and night to find the missing student of Shiv Kumar Trivedi, now his death has been confirmed. The DNA report of the dead body found two years ago has made it clear that the body was of Shiv Kumar Trivedi. In this case, the family members of Shiva have alleged such barbaric behavior by the police of Lanka police station that they could not even perform the last rites of their son. The family members are pleading with the High Court to get the culprits punished. According to the allegations of the father of the deceased student, the Varanasi Police has acted in a very inhuman manner in this case. In this case, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has raised questions on the negligence and insensitivity of the police administration. Shiv Kumar Trivedi, a second year student of B.Sc. in BHU, Varanasi, was taken from the MPtheater ground of BHU on the night of 13 February 2020 at around 8.30 pm on the complaint of police's 'Police response vehicle' Arjun Singh. Since then Shiva has not been found anywhere. His death has been confirmed almost two years later. According to the police, Shiva's mental state was not good, due to which he died due to drowning in the pond. Shiv, the eldest son of Pradeep Trivedi, a resident of Brajpur village of Badgarhi Khurd village of Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, was pursuing his second year B.Sc from BHU. Younger son Umashankar Trivedi is preparing for civil services. The police of Lanka police station registered a missing, but did not tell Shiva that he was brought to the police station. The PRV team of the Lanka police station took Shiva to the police station on 13 February 2020. While filing the missing report at the same police station, Pradeep was not told that 4 days ago Shiva was brought to the police station. Shiva's father got the advertisement printed and advertised in the newspapers. Then the secret of the police began to open. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Arjun, who informed PRV, called Pradeep after reading the missing report of Shiva on Facebook. On the night of February 13, when Shiva appeared in an unconscious state in the MPtheater ground on the BHU campus, Arjun Singh, who was passing by, called the police on 112 number. Arjun Singh told that in the dark I felt that some student is sitting here due to intoxication, so I called on number 112. The police of Lanka police station came in front of me and took Shiva away. After that I also forgot it. Later I saw the missing poster on Facebook, then took the number of Shiva's father and told the whole thing. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years 'Kept telling orally, but Varanasi police kept hiding the truth in writing' Pradeep Trivedi told that after talking to Arjun, he again went to the Lanka police station the very next day. Told the whole thing there, but the policemen said that they did not know anything. When he told the number of the PRV vehicle, the police told him the PRV of the police station Chetganj and made him walk from there. The Chetganj police station was asked to inquire at the Sir Gate post. On going there, it was told to go to the control room. Didn't get any information from there either. After this, the next day, Shiva's father Pradeep reached the SSP with Arjun. On Arjun's mobile number, a message came from number 112 was shown. The SSP called the driver number 112. After interrogation, the driver only told that we had dropped Shiv Kumar with the Lanka Police at 8.30 pm on the night of 13 February. Pradeep told that after the order of the SSP, I was sent in front of the then Inspector Lanka Bharat Bhushan Tiwari. The driver of PRV said that I had handed it over to him only. Bharat Bhushan confessed that Shiva was in custody overnight. When we saw him in the morning, he had made the bathroom in clothes. He seemed mentally ill. So we left him. Where did he go after this, we do not know, but no one told this in writing. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Shiva's case reached Allahabad High Court Saurabh Tiwari, an alumnus of BHU and a lawyer in the Allahabad High Court, learned the seriousness of the matter and filed a petition in the High Court regarding the matter. The first hearing of which took place on 25 August 2020. In the first hearing, a joint bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Saumitra Dayal Singh had reprimanded the police and said that if necessary, the matter would be investigated by the CBI. The next hearing took place in September. In this hearing, SSP Varanasi was asked to appear before the court with a personal affidavit. In the hearing on September 22, Varanasi SSP Amit Pathak submitted an affidavit in the court and said that it is true that Shiv Kumar Trivedi was brought to the Lanka police station on that day and he disappeared from the police station itself. In this case, the then SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) Amit Pathak had put five policemen on line on September 2, 2020. This included 2 sub-inspectors and 3 constables. In November 2020, the case from UP Police went to CBCID. DNA report proves that Shiva has died More than two years have passed since the search for Shiva. According to the police, they found Shiva in many states. At many places, he also took Pradeep along. But Shiva was already dead. During the hearing in the Allahabad High Court on April 21, the police said that on February 15, 2020, ie, two days after the police went to the police station with Shiva, a dead body was found in Jamuna Talab, Ramnagar, Varanasi. The police, led by Sunita Singh, IPS of CBCID CIS branch Lucknow, got her DNA tested, which matched with Shiva's father Pradeep Trivedi. Meaning Shiva has already died. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Advocate Saurabh Tiwari said that the arguments of the police are creating doubts Regarding the hearing on April 21, advocate Saurabh Tiwari said that he raised many questions before the court for the police. Told that according to the police the student was mentally ill. After leaving the Lanka police station, he drowned in the pond of Ramnagar. On this I kept my point and told the court why that student would go to Lanka police station 5 km in the pond or Pokhari of Ramnagar. If he had to die by drowning, then why didn't he jump into the Ganges when it would have been on his way. The police told the court that on that day when Shiva was brought to the police station, the CCTV camera there was not working. Whereas in the reply sought from RTI, it was told that all the cameras were running. But, it has not been included in the investigation so far. One more thing is that when the student's father files a missing report in the police station, the police officers concerned with him do not do any investigation for six months. The investigation started from 16 August 2020. I raised all these questions in the court. The next hearing will be on July 14. Pradeep Trivedi lost 5 acres of land to find his son Shiva's father Pradeep, who belongs to a very poor house, had a total of 5 acres of land. He used to earn from this to educate his meritorious sons. Pradeep Trivedi says that Shiv passed IIT entrance only after doing 12th from Navodaya, but due to ill health did not take admission and went to study in BHU. Shiv's younger brother Umashankar Trivedi is preparing for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after graduating from DU. He did not miss even taking a loan for the education of his sons. When Shiva went missing, he kept looking for him in nearby cities and states, including Varanasi, taking a loan from the village sarpanch. He told that when the police got reprimanded from the court, then the then Lanka Inspector Bharat Bhushan Tiwari reached Pradeep's village and went to the sarpanch and called him. Pradeep said that Bharat Bhushan Tiwari told him to get the land free by taking 10 lakh rupees. In lieu of this, pressure was made to withdraw the case. But, Pradeep refused to do so. After which, under the pressure of the police, the sarpanch started demanding his money from Pradeep. Due to the huge amount, he could not repay it and before the stipulated time, the Sarpanch got all his land in his name. Today Pradeep is working as a laborer to feed his family. On the other hand, Shiv's younger brother is preparing for civil services after surviving in Delhi. How can a student seeking admission in BHU BSc become insane? Shiv's younger brother Umashankar said that 'My last conversation with Bhaiya was on 12 February. The police were saying that he was insane. How can a crazy person get admission in a best institute like BHU? He had passed the first year examination only then he had reached the second year. Despite this, if he was mad, he would have left him to eat mad. Where did we not find the brother? Don't know what the police did to him. The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Pradeep Trivedi reached many times in search of son by cycling from Varanasi to Panna and Panna to Varanasi Pradeep Trivedi, father of the missing student Shiva from BHU, struggled a lot to find the son. It is said that a few days after he reached Varanasi in February, a lockdown-like situation arose. He covered a distance of 400 km from Varanasi to Panna by cycling continuously for 4 days. Due to the long time of lock down, he came to Varanasi many times by bicycle and where he found his son. But his whereabouts were unable to be traced. Abused the police and heard threats too, but stood firm. Pradeep said that now the death of the son has been confirmed, now truth and justice are expected from the court. Shiva's body was found in the dress of a Muslim, a locket was found around his neck with kurta pajama Pradeep Trivedi has made many serious allegations against the police of suppressing and hiding the matter. He said that on 16 February 2020, I had reached the Lanka police station to file a missing report of my son Shiv Kumar Trivedi. Whereas on February 15, a dead body was recovered at Ramnagar police station. But I was not informed about it. If the police wanted, they could have been identified at that time. He said that in the investigation of CBCID, the photo of the dead body recovered from Ramnagar police station was shown, it was of my son. The clothes on his body looked like Muslim clothes. He alleged that somewhere it is the work of the criminal mind of the police. My son was killed and thrown there after changing his clothes so that he could not be identified. Removing the mask of the dreadful face of the police, he said that during the lockdown, when the poor were being kept at schools and centers, at the same time the police tried to identify me by taking me to a center. Where a skeleton was lying wearing his son's clothes. In identification, Pradeep considered the clothes to be that of his son, but nothing was getting clear from the skeleton. Police pressurized that this is your son's body, on which Pradeep talked about DNA test. After the test report came, it was found that the skeleton is of a woman and not of a man. Pradeep did not know that the police would drop his character so much. He has full faith in the court. His eyes filled with tears as he described the torture of the police. Priyanka Gandhi tweeted in the case of Shiv Trivedi, a student missing from BHU The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has written on Twitter that it is deeply saddened to hear the painful ordeal of the family of BHU student Shiv Trivedi. The family of this meritorious student who came to study BHU from Panna, Madhya Pradesh came to know after 2 years that Shiva had died. In this entire incident, the negligence and insensitivity of the police administration is clearly visible and only high level investigation will ensure correct information and justice. Shiv Trivedi's family must get justice.")
Father used to come to UP by cycling from Madhya Pradesh to find his son, but the police kept hiding his 'sin'.
Banaras Hindu University of Varanasi,His father united day and night to find the missing student of Shiv Kumar Trivedi, now his death has been confirmed. The DNA report of the dead body found two years ago has made it clear that the body was of Shiv Kumar Trivedi. In this case, the family members of Shiva have alleged such barbaric behavior by the police of Lanka police station that they could not even perform the last rites of their son. The family members are pleading with the High Court to get the culprits punished.
According to the allegations of the father of the deceased student, the Varanasi Police has acted in a very inhuman manner in this case. In this case, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has raised questions on the negligence and insensitivity of the police administration.
Shiv Kumar Trivedi, a second year student of B.Sc. in BHU, Varanasi, was taken from the MPtheater ground of BHU on the night of 13 February 2020 at around 8.30 pm on the complaint of police's 'Police response vehicle' Arjun Singh. Since then Shiva has not been found anywhere. His death has been confirmed almost two years later. According to the police, Shiva's mental state was not good, due to which he died due to drowning in the pond.
Shiv, the eldest son of Pradeep Trivedi, a resident of Brajpur village of Badgarhi Khurd village of Panna district of Madhya Pradesh, was pursuing his second year B.Sc from BHU. Younger son Umashankar Trivedi is preparing for civil services.
The police of Lanka police station registered a missing, but did not tell Shiva that he was brought to the police station.
The PRV team of the Lanka police station took Shiva to the police station on 13 February 2020. While filing the missing report at the same police station, Pradeep was not told that 4 days ago Shiva was brought to the police station. Shiva's father got the advertisement printed and advertised in the newspapers. Then the secret of the police began to open.
The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years
Arjun, who informed PRV, called Pradeep after reading the missing report of Shiva on Facebook.
On the night of February 13, when Shiva appeared in an unconscious state in the MPtheater ground on the BHU campus, Arjun Singh, who was passing by, called the police on 112 number.
Arjun Singh told that in the dark I felt that some student is sitting here due to intoxication, so I called on number 112. The police of Lanka police station came in front of me and took Shiva away. After that I also forgot it. Later I saw the missing poster on Facebook, then took the number of Shiva's father and told the whole thing.
The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years
'Kept telling orally, but Varanasi police kept hiding the truth in writing'
Pradeep Trivedi told that after talking to Arjun, he again went to the Lanka police station the very next day. Told the whole thing there, but the policemen said that they did not know anything. When he told the number of the PRV vehicle, the police told him the PRV of the police station Chetganj and made him walk from there.
The Chetganj police station was asked to inquire at the Sir Gate post. On going there, it was told to go to the control room. Didn't get any information from there either. After this, the next day, Shiva's father Pradeep reached the SSP with Arjun.
On Arjun's mobile number, a message came from number 112 was shown. The SSP called the driver number 112. After interrogation, the driver only told that we had dropped Shiv Kumar with the Lanka Police at 8.30 pm on the night of 13 February.
Pradeep told that after the order of the SSP, I was sent in front of the then Inspector Lanka Bharat Bhushan Tiwari. The driver of PRV said that I had handed it over to him only. Bharat Bhushan confessed that Shiva was in custody overnight. When we saw him in the morning, he had made the bathroom in clothes. He seemed mentally ill. So we left him. Where did he go after this, we do not know, but no one told this in writing.
The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years
Shiva's case reached Allahabad High Court
Saurabh Tiwari, an alumnus of BHU and a lawyer in the Allahabad High Court, learned the seriousness of the matter and filed a petition in the High Court regarding the matter. The first hearing of which took place on 25 August 2020.
In the first hearing, a joint bench of Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Saumitra Dayal Singh had reprimanded the police and said that if necessary, the matter would be investigated by the CBI. The next hearing took place in September.
In this hearing, SSP Varanasi was asked to appear before the court with a personal affidavit. In the hearing on September 22, Varanasi SSP Amit Pathak submitted an affidavit in the court and said that it is true that Shiv Kumar Trivedi was brought to the Lanka police station on that day and he disappeared from the police station itself.
In this case, the then SSP (Senior Superintendent of Police) Amit Pathak had put five policemen on line on September 2, 2020. This included 2 sub-inspectors and 3 constables. In November 2020, the case from UP Police went to CBCID.
DNA report proves that Shiva has died
More than two years have passed since the search for Shiva. According to the police, they found Shiva in many states. At many places, he also took Pradeep along. But Shiva was already dead.
During the hearing in the Allahabad High Court on April 21, the police said that on February 15, 2020, ie, two days after the police went to the police station with Shiva, a dead body was found in Jamuna Talab, Ramnagar, Varanasi.
The police, led by Sunita Singh, IPS of CBCID CIS branch Lucknow, got her DNA tested, which matched with Shiva's father Pradeep Trivedi. Meaning Shiva has already died.
The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years
Advocate Saurabh Tiwari said that the arguments of the police are creating doubts
Regarding the hearing on April 21, advocate Saurabh Tiwari said that he raised many questions before the court for the police. Told that according to the police the student was mentally ill. After leaving the Lanka police station, he drowned in the pond of Ramnagar. On this I kept my point and told the court why that student would go to Lanka police station 5 km in the pond or Pokhari of Ramnagar. If he had to die by drowning, then why didn't he jump into the Ganges when it would have been on his way.
The police told the court that on that day when Shiva was brought to the police station, the CCTV camera there was not working. Whereas in the reply sought from RTI, it was told that all the cameras were running. But, it has not been included in the investigation so far.
One more thing is that when the student's father files a missing report in the police station, the police officers concerned with him do not do any investigation for six months. The investigation started from 16 August 2020. I raised all these questions in the court. The next hearing will be on July 14.
Pradeep Trivedi lost 5 acres of land to find his son
Shiva's father Pradeep, who belongs to a very poor house, had a total of 5 acres of land. He used to earn from this to educate his meritorious sons.
Pradeep Trivedi says that Shiv passed IIT entrance only after doing 12th from Navodaya, but due to ill health did not take admission and went to study in BHU.
Shiv's younger brother Umashankar Trivedi is preparing for Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) after graduating from DU. He did not miss even taking a loan for the education of his sons. When Shiva went missing, he kept looking for him in nearby cities and states, including Varanasi, taking a loan from the village sarpanch.
He told that when the police got reprimanded from the court, then the then Lanka Inspector Bharat Bhushan Tiwari reached Pradeep's village and went to the sarpanch and called him.
Pradeep said that Bharat Bhushan Tiwari told him to get the land free by taking 10 lakh rupees. In lieu of this, pressure was made to withdraw the case. But, Pradeep refused to do so. After which, under the pressure of the police, the sarpanch started demanding his money from Pradeep. Due to the huge amount, he could not repay it and before the stipulated time, the Sarpanch got all his land in his name. Today Pradeep is working as a laborer to feed his family. On the other hand, Shiv's younger brother is preparing for civil services after surviving in Delhi.
How can a student seeking admission in BHU BSc become insane?
Shiv's younger brother Umashankar said that 'My last conversation with Bhaiya was on 12 February. The police were saying that he was insane. How can a crazy person get admission in a best institute like BHU? He had passed the first year examination only then he had reached the second year. Despite this, if he was mad, he would have left him to eat mad. Where did we not find the brother? Don't know what the police did to him.
The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years
Pradeep Trivedi reached many times in search of son by cycling from Varanasi to Panna and Panna to Varanasi
Pradeep Trivedi, father of the missing student Shiva from BHU, struggled a lot to find the son. It is said that a few days after he reached Varanasi in February, a lockdown-like situation arose.
He covered a distance of 400 km from Varanasi to Panna by cycling continuously for 4 days. Due to the long time of lock down, he came to Varanasi many times by bicycle and where he found his son. But his whereabouts were unable to be traced. Abused the police and heard threats too, but stood firm. Pradeep said that now the death of the son has been confirmed, now truth and justice are expected from the court.
Shiva's body was found in the dress of a Muslim, a locket was found around his neck with kurta pajama
Pradeep Trivedi has made many serious allegations against the police of suppressing and hiding the matter. He said that on 16 February 2020, I had reached the Lanka police station to file a missing report of my son Shiv Kumar Trivedi. Whereas on February 15, a dead body was recovered at Ramnagar police station. But I was not informed about it. If the police wanted, they could have been identified at that time.
He said that in the investigation of CBCID, the photo of the dead body recovered from Ramnagar police station was shown, it was of my son. The clothes on his body looked like Muslim clothes. He alleged that somewhere it is the work of the criminal mind of the police. My son was killed and thrown there after changing his clothes so that he could not be identified.
Removing the mask of the dreadful face of the police, he said that during the lockdown, when the poor were being kept at schools and centers, at the same time the police tried to identify me by taking me to a center. Where a skeleton was lying wearing his son's clothes.
In identification, Pradeep considered the clothes to be that of his son, but nothing was getting clear from the skeleton. Police pressurized that this is your son's body, on which Pradeep talked about DNA test. After the test report came, it was found that the skeleton is of a woman and not of a man. Pradeep did not know that the police would drop his character so much. He has full faith in the court. His eyes filled with tears as he described the torture of the police.
Priyanka Gandhi tweeted in the case of Shiv Trivedi, a student missing from BHU
The one the police had taken away from BHU was dead, the family was devastated after searching for two years
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has written on Twitter that it is deeply saddened to hear the painful ordeal of the family of BHU student Shiv Trivedi. The family of this meritorious student who came to study BHU from Panna, Madhya Pradesh came to know after 2 years that Shiva had died. In this entire incident, the negligence and insensitivity of the police administration is clearly visible and only high level investigation will ensure correct information and justice. Shiv Trivedi's family must get justice.
Source : the quint