villagers demand probe into the death of CRPF man

Irate villagers staged demonstration in front of the vehicle that that carried dead body of a CRPF jawan belongs to the Kelanda village under Melchhamunda police station of Bargarh district on Thursday demanding compensation to the deceased family. The Jawan that belongs to the village died couple of days ago in Bhopal in a mysterious condition. While the visiting CRPF officials informed that deceased had committed suicide jumping over a running train near Bhopal, deceased father was not denounced to accept it. Situation was brought under control after the visiting CRPF inspector had assured to take appropriate step to fulfill the demands of the villagers.

Sources said deceased Ramesh Bishi, the only son of Mahadev Bishi of Kelenda village was working in CRPF since 1996 and resides in a CRPF camp at Nimbuj near Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh. He was married and lived with his wife and 2 sons and a daughter in the official quarter of the CRPF. Ramesh went missing on 12^th (Friday) and did not turn off to the office after coming out from the house.

On 13^th evening the railway personnel located his dead body from railway-track near Habibganj railway station, 10 km away from Bhopal and informed the CRPF about the incident. “We rushed to the spot and identified the dead body of Ramesh. We found a railway ticket from the deceased pocket which was purchased to travel from Bhopal to Jharsuguda station. However we were unable to know the cause of the death. Case was registered in Habibganj police station”, CRPF inspector came with the death body Sanjay Kumar told.

“Since investigation is on it is difficult to make any comment on the incident. However looking to the circumstances we become sure that he committed suicide jumping over a running train”, Sanjay Kumar said. “I assured the people that our department would definitely take appropriate step to compensate the family of the deceased”, he added.

On the other hand the father of the deceased Mahadev was not ready to accept it. According to him his son was happy and sound as he talked with him few days ago. “I am sure he can never commit suicide. I talked with him few days back over phone and he was quite happy and jubilant” Mahadev told in a broken heart. “A probe in the incident is needed to bring out truth behind the incident”, he added. The body of the deceased was cremated in the village on Tuesday