The Badshahpur SHO has been suspended after police allegedly cremated the body of 31-year-old realtor Yuvraj Singh Manchanda as “unidentified” without uploading its details to the inter-state police database ZipNet, a lapse that has now reached the Supreme Court and prompted disciplinary action against five police personnel.
The body was subsequently cremated before his family could get an opportunity to identify him. Yuvraj’s sister, Harsimran Manchanda, approached the Supreme Court, alleging that despite the recovery of her brother’s body, its details were not uploaded to the inter-state police database. Taking cognisance of the matter, the Supreme Court has sought personal affidavits from the police commissioners of Delhi and Gurugram .
Police negligence came to light after Yuvraj’s body was recovered on September 10, but details of the unidentified body were not uploaded to ZipNet, the database used by police to share information on unidentified bodies and missing persons.
Badshahpur SHO Rajesh Bagri was suspended in connection with the murder case, police said. Following this, action is being initiated against five Gurugram police personnel, officials said. Disciplinary action is also likely against a control room official and two members of the forensic team, police said. Following the case, Gurugram Police have also issued fresh guidelines for dealing with unidentified bodies, a senior police officer said.
“A detailed investigation of the case is underway.
The investigating officer in this case has already been suspended and now the SHO, Badshahpur, has also been suspended and a departmental inquiry has been initiated,” said Ayush Yadav, DCP South, Gurugram.
