The Tribune, August 13, 1999
Tehsildar 'beaten up' by policemen
From Our Correspondent
REWARI, Aug 12 — Just on the heels of the Rohtak incident in which the Deputy Commissioner was criminally intimidated by a ruling party legislator, another incident of police high-handedness, in which a tehsildar was severely beaten up on Sunday, has virtually rocked the Rewari region.
Giving details, Mr Raj Vir Singh Yadav, Tehsildar of Alwar in Rajasthan, who is now under treatment said he was returning to Alwar in his Maruti car at about 10.30 p.m. on Sunday when he was stopped for checking at the Banipur chowk on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, 10 km from here, by police.
After about half-an-hour when he demanded back his driving licence and registration copy after telling the police that he was a tehsildar and was to resume duty, he was allegedly pushed out of his car and was showered with kicks and blows by the inspector and other policemen injuring his eyes.
Later, he was taken to the Bawal police station and a case registered against him under Section 186, 332 and 353 for abstructing the inspector and his men in discharging of their duty. His repeated requests to allow him to talk to his family at Rewari were turned down.
He was granted bail on Monday by the local Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mrs Amita Yadav, who also ordered his medical examination at the civil hospital here.
A deputation of advocates, including his elder brother Mr Kuldip Singh Yadav, an advocate, along with the injured tehsildar met the S.P., Mr A.S. Chawla, who conducted a detailed inquiry.
Meanwhile, the tehsildar has made a representation to the Chief Justice, Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission and the D.G.P., Haryana, seeking justice and stringent action against the erring Inspector and his men.
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