Beaten by colleagues for protesting eve teasing, Kolkata cop dies
Press Trust of India Posted online: Monday, January 06, 2003 at 1028 hours IST Updated: Monday, January 06, 2003 at 1209 hours IST
Kolkata, January 6: Police sergeant Bapi Sen, who was beaten unconscious by five reserve force constables of the city police for protesting against eve-teasing on New Year's Eve, died on Monday.
Police sources said Sen, who was in deep coma since January 2 and on life support system, passed away at 0630 hours, IST.
A traffic sergeant, Sen, was assaulted by the five drunken policemen when he intervened as they were teasing a young woman and suffered serious injuries in the rear of his head.
Sen as well as the policemen were off duty at the time.
Two of the constables were arrested on January one, while the other three surrendered in court the next day.
Charged with Section 307 (attempt to murder) and Section 34 (abetment of criminal offence) of IPC, the five were sent to police custody till January nine by the Chief Metroplitan Magistrate on January four.
The five accused were in judicial custody since January 2, but following a public outcry, the state prayed for their police remand stating that there had been new developments in the case.
