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Police Lapses in Body Handling Spark Court Scrutiny
28 Sep
Summary
- DGP acknowledged lapses in handling Yuvraj Singh Manchanda's body.
- Court questioned police over body identification, documentation, and cremation.
- An assistant sub-inspector was suspended for alleged negligence.
Haryana DGP Ajay Singhal has acknowledged police procedural lapses in the handling of the body of Yuvraj Singh Manchanda, a real estate professional from Delhi. The matter has come under judicial review, with a Delhi court questioning the Gurgaon Police's actions following the recovery of an unidentified, decomposed body on September 10. Manchanda's family reported learning of his disappearance on September 6 and later, on September 16, that his body had been recovered six days prior and cremated on September 14.
The court raised several concerns, including delays in uploading body details to the police network ZIPNET, failure to inform the executive magistrate, and irregularities in postmortem documentation, such as the absence of videography and discrepancies between reports. In response to the court's queries and a family's allegations of not being informed before cremation, the DGP stated that while an SOP was followed for cremation after three days, certain lapses occurred. An assistant sub-inspector was suspended for alleged negligence.
Delhi Police are separately investigating Manchanda's alleged murder, having arrested Anya Vats and Sanyam Sachdeva. Manchanda's autopsy report indicated drowning as the cause of death, with no signs of bullet injury, despite allegations against Anya Vats.
