With heavy heart, the Lawyers For Human Rights International, expresses concern at the murder of Sandeep Kumar(21), son of Karam Chand, a city resident on May 21, 2001.
The investigation into the murder of Sandeep Kumar, a 21 years old youth of Chandigarh in Panchkula on May 21, 2001 was conducted by a team of Lawyers For Human Rights International, consisting of Tejinder Singh Sudan, District President of the Chandigarh Unit, Arunjeev Singh Walia and Yogesh Kumar Vinayak.
The deceased Sandeep Kumar, aged around 21 years, was living with his parents and younger brother at House No.695-B, Sector 46-A, Chandigarh. He was the elder son of Karam Chand and Kaushalya Devi. He was supervising the construction work of his aunt’s house at H.No.537, Sector 19, Panchkula. On May 20, 2001 he went to H.No.537, Sector 19, Panchkula at about 7.30 a.m. But did not return back. On May 21, 2001, his mother was informed through telephone by the Panchkula police that the dead body of her son Sandeep Kumar was found lying on the railway track near Sector 19, Panchkula. Her younger son Rakesh Kumar went to the spot alongwith one of their neighbour. They found that the dead body of the deceased bore injuries on the head, face, knees and heels of his feet and from every angle it was looking like a cold blooded murder. The broken buttons of his trousers and blood oozing out from his mouth and other parts were indicative of forcible act with him. But the police did not take any action on the ground that it was a suicide. The parents of the deceased suspected the involvement of one of their relative Chanchal (her sister’s son) into his murder. It was learnt that the deceased had taken drinks alongwith Chanchal and one person called Pardhan in House NO.537, Sector 19, Panchkula till 11 p.m. on the ill-fated night, but how and who killed him is yet to be investigated. But the Panchkula police closed this case as a suicide and have even failed to register the F.I.R. of murder. The mother of the deceased is a distressed lady as her husband had become mentally retarded few years ago in a road accident and their is no male member to look after the entire family. She has made many representations to Senior Police authorities inclduing the Director-General of Police, Haryana seeking their indulgence in getting the truth behind the cold blooded murder of her son, Sandeep Kumar. The body strongly recommend that the Panckula police should register an F.I.R. under Section 302 IPC against the guilty accused after thorough investigation into the offence.
ACTION TAKEN BY LHRI
Our organisation sent the copies of the report to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Panchkula, besides other concerned authorities and proper action was taken by the authorities concerned in the matter.
CHANDIGARH
15.6.2001