Row
over dead constable, witnesses say he wasn't hit
Wednesday December 26, 2012 09:45:28 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The death of a Delhi policeman was wrapped in mystery Wednesday
after two witnesses refuted police claims that he died following a
vicious attack during a Sunday street protest.
A young man and a young woman who were part of the gang-rape
demonstration told the media that they saw constable Subhash Chand
Tomar fall while running on a street leading to India Gate.
Contradicting police claims that the 47-year-old was viciously
attacked and trampled upon, Yogendra Tomar and Pauline said in
separate statements that there was no truth in the allegations.
Yogendra said policeman Tomar collapsed while chasing the
protesters.
"He wasn't assaulted or trampled," Yogendra told television
channels. "He fell on his own while chasing the crowd. In fact
many protesters came to help him."
Video recording of the scene showed both Yogendra and Pauline
along with a handful of others assisting the fallen policeman.
Pauline backed Yogendra's version and explained in detail how
their efforts to revive the unconscious policeman failed.
She said she saw "no visible injuries" on the constable.
"We opened his jacket and shirt. He was sweating profusely,"
Pauline said.
While police said the constable was beaten by protesters, Pauline
said there was no crowd when Tomar fell.
"I saw him falling. He had no injuries. He just collapsed. There
was no crowd at all," she said.
Pauline said she and the others shifted Tomar to a pavement to
prevent him from getting trampled by crowds.
She complained that it were the police who failed to come to the
rescue of their fallen colleague.
She said she saw police personnel look at him and move on.
"Finally, two policemen joined us."
She said she placed Tomar's head on her lap, addressed him as
"uncle" and asked him to try to breathe.
Delhi Police had been claiming that protesters had kicked and
trampled him after he was injured in a mob attack. Yogendra and
Pauline vehemently denied this.
Police arrested eight people Sunday night for the alleged attack
on Tomar but they got bail the next day.
On Tuesday, after Tomar died and was cremated with state honours,
police said the accused would be booked for murder.
On Wednesday, police said on the basis of the post-mortem report
that Tomar had suffered "multiple internal injuries produced with
the impact of a blunt object on his neck and chest" but did not
specifically talk about a mob attack.
Additional Commissioner of Police K.C. Dwivedi said: "The cardiac
arrest was precipitated by injuries to his body parts."
The Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where Tomar died said Wednesday
that he had "no major external injury marks except for some cuts
on his right knee and bruises on his chest".
"He was brought here in a total collapsed stage," Medical
Superintendent T.S. Sidhu said.
"He had already suffered a cardiac arrest and had almost no pulse.
We revived him and shifted him to the ICU and he was put on
ventilator," he added.
Amid the contradictory claims, Delhi Police said their Crime
Branch would probe his death.
Police arrested eight people Sunday night for the alleged attack
on Tomar. The eight were granted bail the next day.
Police said Wednesday, a day after Tomar died, that the eight have
been booked for murder.
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