Bhopal:The Madhya Pradesh government on Sunday announced the removal of Khargone district's superintendent of police following the death of a 35-year-old tribal man in judicial custody. After the man's death on September 7 following his arrest by Bistan police in Khargone in connection with a dacoity incident, four policemen and the district jail superintendent were suspended.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a statement on Sunday said, “Recently, there was an incident in Bistan (Khargone district) in which a man died. We had suspended some police officials in this case. But, we have now decided to remove the SP (Shailendra Singh Chouhan) due to lack of supervision in the case.
Chouhan also said a judicial probe is going on into the matter and further action will be taken on the basis of its outcome. “We take all such incidents very seriously,” the CM said.
After the tribal, identified only as Bisan, died in the Khargone sub-jail, a group of over 100 enraged villagers attacked the Bistan police station on September 7, injuring three policemen. Three days before he died, the man was arrested along with 11 others in a dacoity incident in Khairkundi village, located over 300 km from the state capital Bhopal, officials earlier said.