Archive · 24 Sep 2026
Dalit Youth Found Dead in Uttar Pradesh Police Station
A young Dalit man was found hanging inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh.
He had been accused of taking a 17-year-old girl away from her home.
The girl was later found in Ghaziabad.
She told police and a magistrate that she had gone with him willingly.
Because she is under 18, the law does not allow her to make that decision on her own.
The young man’s family says police tortured him and made his death look like suicide.
Police and members of the girl’s family have been booked in the case.
Two police officers were suspended while the investigation continues.
A Dalit youth was found hanging inside a room at Patti police station in Pratapgarh on Monday.
His family alleged that he was tortured and that the hanging was staged.
Police and family members of a minor girl were booked under murder, criminal intimidation and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The youth faced an abduction case after he and the 17-year-old girl allegedly eloped from their village.
The Pratapgarh superintendent suspended the Patti station chief and investigating officer over alleged negligence.
- Who
- A Dalit youth, police personnel and family members of a 17-year-old girl are involved in the case.
- What
- The youth was found hanging inside Patti police station; his family alleged torture and a staged hanging, leading to murder-related charges.
- When
- The youth was found dead on Monday.
- Where
- Patti police station in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh; the girl was recovered from Ghaziabad.
- Why
- The youth was being investigated in an abduction case involving the minor girl, who police said had gone with him voluntarily but was legally unable to make that decision because she was underage.
Family Allegations
Police and Official Account
Cause and circumstances of death
Family Allegations
The youth’s family alleged that he was tortured and that his hanging inside the police station was staged.
Police and Official Account
Authorities reported that the youth was found hanging in a police-station room; police officers were suspended for alleged negligence, and the case was registered under murder-related provisions.
The girl’s departure
Family Allegations
The family’s allegations led to a case involving police and members of the minor girl’s family, though the report does not provide their explanation.
Police and Official Account
Police said the girl stated before officers and a magistrate that she had gone with the youth of her own accord, while noting that she was legally a minor.
- Location
- Patti police station, Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
- Victim
- A Dalit youth
- Related case
- An alleged abduction involving a 17-year-old girl
- Charges
- BNS Sections 103(1) for murder and 351(3) for criminal intimidation, along with provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
- Suspended officers
- Patti SHO Anand Pal Singh and investigating officer Omkar Singh
- Police official
- Pratapgarh Superintendent of Police Deepak Bhukar
- Girl’s statements
- She told police and a magistrate that she had gone with the youth voluntarily