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Supervise Probe In Hapur Lynching Case: SC To Hapur IGP [Read Order]

The Hapur lynching case took a new twist today when the Supreme Court directed IGP of Meerut range to supervise the ongoing probe and directed him to follow the guidelines it issued in a recent judgment on how to deal with such incidents.One person was killed and another brutally assaulted allegedly in the name of protecting cows.Samiuddin and 45-year-old Qasim Qureishi were assaulted at Hapur. The Hapur lynching case took a new twist today when the Supreme Court directed IGP of Meerut range to supervise the ongoing probe and directed him to follow the guidelines it issued in a recent judgment on how to deal with such incidents. The concerned Inspector General of Police shall take steps in accordance with the judgment rendered by this Court in Tehseen S. Poonawalla vs. Union of India & Ors., 9 SCALE 4", said the bench Lawyer Vrinda Grover for victim Samiuddin, said “a false FIR of road rage, instead of mob lynching, was registered by the police. She said currently the probe was being conducted by the SHO of Pilkhuwa Police Station of Hapur district under the supervision of the Superintendent of Police and would be completed in 60 days.

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