Agra: brothers die by suicide, claims of 'torture, extortion' by police in note

Agra is seeing heavy police deployment after two siblings reportedly died by suicide, which has now been connected to a case of police intimidation and harassment.

One of the brothers in his suicide note accused an inspector and a sub inspector of torturing the siblings, demanding cash in return for dismissing their case. While the accused sub-inspector has been arrested, the inspector has since been absconding.

"A heavy deployment of police and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) has been made in the village in the Agra district to ensure that nothing untoward could happen following suicides by two brothers," Inspector General of Police Shalabh Mathur said, as per Indian Express.

The absconding Inspector has been identified as Mukesh Kumar. The name of the SI is Hari Om Agnihotri.

In his suicide note, the older brother claimed his sibling was not permitted to leave the police station for two days and was tortured. He said his brother was released on June 13 after they paid the police Rs 10,000 and promised to give the remaining Rs 90,000 in two instalments.

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