By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Over two months after the brutal custodial death of Minhaj Ansari, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has taken cognizance of the matter asked the government of Jharkhand to investigate the case.
The Home ministry was acting on a complaint filed by Ziyaullah, Jharkhand convenor of the Association For Protection of Civil Rights (APCR).
In its order dated November 4, Principal Secretary (Home) asked the Government of Jharkhand “to investigate the matter and intimate the action taken” to the complainant and the Home Ministry.
In his complaint to the National Human Rights Commission dated October 14, APCR had said,
“Deceased was beaten up to his unconsciousness and then taken to local government hospital for treatment. Due to severe internal injury and fractures, he was shifted to Dhanbad Medical College and Hospital, Dhanbad. On 07/10/2016 doctors at Dhanbad Medical College referred him to RIMS, Ranchi for better treatment. On 09/10/2016, he was declared dead at RIMS, Ranchi,” he further said in the complaint.
Although the police had initially tried to pass it as a case of medical negligence which led to Ansari’s death, the post-mortem report proved that it was a clear case of custodial torture.