It was alleged that the pregnant woman was pushed to the ground by policemen, who had arrived at her house to pick up her husband in connection with a theft case in which he was not named. Agra: Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramjilal Suman, along with hundreds of party workers, staged a dharna at Shikohabad police station in Firozabad district on Tuesday, demanding criminal charges against police personnel following the death of a young woman shortly after childbirth a day earlier.
The 25-year-old Anjali passed away on Monday morning, a day after police allegedly manhandled her family. Because of manhandling by the cops,” Suman told the press, she died. The family alleged that a sub-inspector pushed the pregnant woman, causing her health to rapidly deteriorate. Expressing dissatisfaction with mere suspensions, MP Ramjilal Suman and party workers demanded that an FIR for murder be registered against the police officers. “The deceased and her husband did not have any criminal record. What were the police doing in their house? Heavy police forces have been deployed around the station. The ASP has assured the protesters that further disciplinary and legal steps will be taken following a formal probe within three days.
Local police arrived at the couple’s home on Sunday night to detain her husband, Gaurav, according to relatives. She delivered a baby boy at a hospital on Monday morning before being declared dead at a private facility.