Police stop husband’s e-rickshaw, wife consumes poison:Officers run away after heated confrontation with partner

In Bhopal, when two policemen misbehaved with a young e-rickshaw driver, his wife consumed poison. The angry youth parked his rickshaw in the middle of the road, causing traffic jam conditions. Then he confronted the policemen. There was a heated exchange of words. He overturned their bike. After this, both policemen ran and entered the old control room. The rickshaw driver also followed them there. Meanwhile, his wife kept suffering in the rickshaw. On the persuasion of other policemen, the youth left for the hospital with his wife in the rickshaw. The incident occurred at the old police control room intersection in Bhopal around 2 PM on Thursday. Wife consumed rat poison after threats of being taken to police station The rickshaw driver’s name is Naval Kushwah alias Rahul. He is a resident of Barkhedi. He said that he was going to the market with his wife Pooja for personal work. Meanwhile, at the old control room intersection, police stopped his rickshaw. They accused him of breaking the signal. When he protested, they asked to show documents. A policeman also manhandled her. Threatened to take her to the police station. Scared by this, Pooja consumed rat poison kept in her purse. See, three pictures… I won’t leave until police personnel return Even after seeing his wife Pooja’s condition deteriorating, Naval continued creating a scene at the intersection for about 10 minutes. He vandalized the police motorcycles parked outside the traffic post. People kept advising him to take his wife to the hospital first. But he kept saying let the wife die. I won’t leave until the policemen return. He said that he barely manages household expenses by driving a rickshaw. If he gets fined or his rickshaw gets impounded, even basic survival becomes difficult. Parnter says, ‘If anything happens to wife, police officers will be responsible’ Naval said – After consuming rat poison, Pooja’s condition deteriorated. When she started vomiting, the police officers ran away. He alleges that despite repeated pleading, the police officers kept harassing him. I did not have money to pay the fine. His wife attempted suicide because of them. If anything happens to her, the police officers will be responsible. The e-rickshaw is registered in the name of Naval’s wife Pooja. She originally belongs to Barkhedi Tanda village in Sagar district. ACP says, ‘Investigation of case is being conducted’ Traffic ACP Ajay Bajpayee said – When the rickshaw driver jumped the signal, police personnel stopped him. Upon hearing about action being taken as per rules, he became agitated. When attempts were made to explain, he started misbehaving. Checks have been made at nearby private hospitals, where confirmation of the woman being admitted has not yet been received. The names of the police personnel who stopped the rickshaw have not been clarified yet. Investigation is being conducted.