Police inspector beats up Dalit woman; services terminated

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thurday terminated the services of a police inspector, who beat up a Dalit woman accused of murdering her husband in Musafirkhana area of Sultanpur district, a senior official said here.

Kailashnath Dwiwedi was earlier put under suspension after he beat up the Dalit woman on Wednesday. "Station incharge of Musafirkhana, Kailashnath Dwiwedi, has been dismissed from the services for manhandling and assaulting Sangeeta, who was arrested on charges of killing her husband, during police custody," Principal Secretary (Home) Fatesh Bahadur Singh told reporters here. Singh said Sangeeta had on Tuesday night strangulated her husband Deepak Kumar alias Deepu in Maniyari village. He also said that during press briefing the inspector had slapped Sangeeta. After the incident at Manyari village in Aliganj area here came to the fore, Dwiwedi was suspended by Sultanpur Superintendent of Police and an inquiry was ordered against him, he said. Singh said that keeping in mind the gravity of the incident, the government has decided to terminate Dwivedi's services with immediate effect. The incident occurredon Wednesday after one Deepak Kumar was found strangulated following which his mother lodged an FIR and the police started looking for his wife Sangeeta. The woman was rounded up after some time and she confessed to the crime, Sultanpur SP Satyendra Veer Singh said.