Dalit man allegedly thrashed by Andhra cops for not wearing mask dies; Police denies role

A Dalit youth in Andhra Presh's Guntur district named Kiran Kumar who was allegedly beaten up by Chirala Police on Sunday died at a hospital in Guntur on Wednesday. family of Kiran Kumar has alleged that police beat him up bly for t wearing a mask. y alleged that Kiran sustained he injuries due to police beating, which le to his death.

'Kiran jumped off police vehicle'

However, District Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal denied allegations and said that Kiran was drunk and picked up an altercation with a constable.

In a statement, SP said, "Two persons who were riding a motorcycle were inebriated. police who were searching vehicles stopped and questioned m too. But those two people hurled abuses at police. Sub Inspector Vijay Kumar was taking m to a government hospital for tests. One of those two persons named Kiran Kumar jumped off police vehicle. At that time, he met with he injuries. police immediately took him to Guntur Government General Hospital. Later he was shifted to a private hospital. Kiran died while undergoing treatment."

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DSP denied that Dalit youth was beaten up by Sub Inspector. "We are still investigating case," he ded.  SP furr said that a case has been filed against SI Vijay Kumar based on complaint of Kiran's far. re are eyewitnesses for incident, he said.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy took serious te of incident and ordered payment of Rs 10 lakh as compensation to victim's family, a release said. Guntur Range Inspector General of Police J Prabhakar Rao appointed ditional Superintendent of Police Ganghar to investigate incident, which occurred on Tuesday night.

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(With ncy inputs)