Body of missing youth found dead in Ramgarh

A police officer pacifying protestors at Ramgarh on Wednesday —Excelsior/Nischant
A police officer pacifying protestors at Ramgarh on Wednesday —Excelsior/Nischant

People protest

Excelsior Correspondent

SAMBA, June 14: The dead body of Saurav Kumar, son of Kamaljit, who went missing from Rangoor camp of Ramgarh district on Sunday, was today found in the fields under suspicious circumstances.
Taking the dead body in its possession, the police had given it to the family members for the last rites after getting the post-mortem done from Ramgarh Hospital, but the angry family members kept the dead body in Ramgarh Chowk and demonstrated strongly against the administration and the police and called it a case of murder. The relatives of the deceased said that their son was missing for the last three days, whose report they had lodged at the Ramgarh Police Station, but the police did not conduct any kind of investigation, nor did any search to trace the missing youth.
The people of the village said that they searched for Sourav all over the area but he could not be found anywhere. People said that Sorav did not commit suicide, he was murdered by someone and they want the police to investigate it properly.
People said that no cognizance has been taken by the local police due to which their son died. People said that a few days back Sourav was threatened to be killed by some people after coming to his house, about which they had informed the police, but SHO Ramgarh did nothing. The youth of Rangur camp, Naveen Chowdhary has demanded that justice should be done regarding Sourav’s death. The protesters demonstrated by keeping the dead body at Ramgarh Chowk for about an hour.
DySP Garu Ram Bhardwaj reached the spot with the police force to pacify the angry people. He listened to the people and assured them of justice. Assuring the people, he said that there will be a fair investigation and whoever is found guilty will be punished according to the law. Later the protesters calmed down and they went to Puramandal for cremation.