FIR filed 109 days after CPCB scientist alleges assault at Baghpat hotel
Bulandshahr : An FIR has been registered against a hotel owner and 16 unidentified people over three-and-a-half months (109 days) after a Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) scientist alleged that he was confined, assaulted and threatened with a revolver at a hotel in Baghpat . The case was registered on Oct 12, days after the pollution control board summoned a senior police officer to explain the delay in action. Kotwali police station in-charge Manoj Kumar said, “The FIR invokes sections 115(2), 121, 126, 351(2) and 352 of the BNS, relating to voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful restraint, and criminal intimidation, among other offences.
He added, “Further investigation is underway.” Despite the complaint, police did not register a case for nearly three-and-a-half months. The matter gained attention after CPCB CEO Sukanya Sharma summoned a senior police officer from Baghpat to the board and sought an explanation for the delay.