CURATED BY – SUNIL YADAV | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Katni, The case of death of prisoner Rakesh alias Rakku Bharti, a resident of Jharra Tikuria, who was jailed in a case of illicit liquor on May 4 in Jharratikuria area under Ranganathnagar police station of Katni, under suspicious circumstances in Katni district jail, gained momentum at that time. After the PM, the body was handed over to the family members for last rites in the district hospital, but instead of performing the last rites, the family members kept the body of Rakesh alias Rakku on the road in front of Ranganath Nagar police station and blocked the road. Angry family members and area residents raised slogans and demonstrated loudly, accusing two constables posted at Ranganath Nagar police station of assaulting Rakesh alias Rakku and colluding with the liquor contractor to send him to jail by making a false liquor case.

As soon as information about traffic jam after the suspicious death of the prisoner was received, Superintendent of Police Abhijeet Ranjan, Additional Superintendent of Police Santosh Dehariya, City Superintendent of Police Khyati Mishra, Kotwali in-charge Ashish Sharma, Madhavnagar police station in-charge Anup Singh, Kuthla police station in-charge Abhishek Choubey, Ranganath Nagar police station in-charge. Naveen Namdev, NKJ police station in-charge Neeraj Dubey reached the spot with the police force. During this time, Superintendent of Police Abhijeet Ranjan got the angry family members investigated and calmed down the matter by blaming the guilty police personnel. This chakka jam continued continuously for about 3 hours. And finally the traffic jam ended. On the intervening night of May 3 and 4, 38-year-old Rakesh alias Rakku Bharti, resident of Bharat Chowk Jharra Tikuria, was caught by Ranganath police with 350 pav of illegal country liquor. The same family members alleged after Rakesh's death that the Ranganath Nagar police had forcibly taken away Rakesh from his shop and filed a case against him for selling illegal liquor and presented him in the court from where he was admitted to Katni jail. I went. He was kept in barrack number one of Katni district jail. And today, in the early hours of 7th May, the jail staff took Rakku in an unconscious state to the Government District Hospital where the doctors declared him dead. After which the PM happened and after the PM, the body was handed over to the family members for the last rites, but instead of performing the last rites, the family members along with the residents of the area created a ruckus.