Click to Expand & PlayChandauli, Uttar Pradesh: In another horrific story of police atrocity, a truck driver has been beaten to death by officials in Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh. His crime: refusing to pay Rs 5000 as bribe.
Truck driver Anant Kumar Gupta was on his way from Delhi to Bihar with a consignment of medicines when he was stopped by Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials and five UP Police constables at Naubatpur in Chandauli.
The driver's son, who was accompanying him, says the officials alleged that the truck was overloaded and asked for Rs 5000 to let it pass. When the truck driver refused, they beat him to death. Gupta was in his 40s.
This triggered a clash in the area; one cop was injured in the violence.
Truck driver Anant Kumar Gupta was on his way from Delhi to Bihar with a consignment of medicines when he was stopped by Regional Transport Office (RTO) officials and five UP Police constables at Naubatpur in Chandauli.
The driver's son, who was accompanying him, says the officials alleged that the truck was overloaded and asked for Rs 5000 to let it pass. When the truck driver refused, they beat him to death. Gupta was in his 40s.
This triggered a clash in the area; one cop was injured in the violence.
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