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On 15 June, 19-year-old Anshika Yadav was going to Shikohabad from Noida with her mother by a UP Roadways bus. She fell ill during the journey, causing panic among passengers who allegedly suspected her of having contracted COVID-19.
Anshika’s mother says, responding to the situation, the driver and conductor dragged her out of the bus and dropped her on the Yamuna Expressway.
Soon after, the girl passed away. The family claims she passed away after sustaining a head injury from allegedly being thrown off the bus.
Her mother alleges that when she asked for water, she was given no help despite Anshika’s deteriorating health.
When the victim’s brother, Shiv Kumar Yadav, went to Mant Police Station to lodge a complaint regarding the incident, he was reportedly asked to leave by the station officer.
The family said that according to the doctors, Anshika died due to heart attack. Anshika reportedly suffered a head injury as well, which the family says was caused by her being allegedly thrown off the bus. However, details of the injury do not find mention in the post-mortem report.
Anshika’s older brother, Vipin Yadav, also alleges that the police refused to lodge an FIR.
Vipin said that after a lot of trouble, he met the SSP at Mathura, who finally filed the FIR.
He also said that the people responsible for mistreating his sister and causing her death, over their suspicion of Anshika having coronavirus, include the workers of the bus, as well as the law enforcement officers.
However, Bhim Singh, SHO of Mathura’s Mant police station, denied the family’s claim that the FIR wasn’t registered initially.
On being asked why the police did not try to track the driver and conductor after the FIR was registered, Singh responded, “How can we send anyone to jail without the evidence of murder?”
On insisting that they could have at least enquired and interrogated the bus driver and the conductor, the SHO said they will now interrogate the concerned persons.
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