UP: Six policemen suspended after businessman dies in Gorakhpur hotel raid

In a tweet this morning, the UP Police said an FIR has been filed against the suspended policemen based on a complaint by the wife of the dead businessman.

A murder case has been filed against the six cops booked in the alleged murder case.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed to pay a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the family of the deceased businessman, police said.

The victim has been identified as Manish Kumar Gupta, a resident of UP's Kanpur.

He was staying at the hotel with two other people from different cities, who were his business associates, and had come to Gorakhpur to meet a common friend.

"The three of us were sleeping in our room. Around 12:30 am, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and there were 5-7 policemen there and the boy from the reception. They came inside the room and started asking us for IDs. I showed my ID and then woke up Manish. He asked the cops why we were being troubled this late at night. The cops then started threatening us," Harveer Singh, one of the men who was inside the hotel room, told the reporters, according to NDTV.

"They appeared drunk. I was slapped by one of the policemen. Some of the policemen had guns. The cops then took me outside. A while later, I saw Manish was being dragged out of the room by the cops and there was blood all over his face," he added.

The Gorakhpur Police has said it acted after it was informed that some suspicious people were staying in the hotel.

The police chief of Gorakhpur said in a statement the police team found people staying from different cities in one room suspicious.

"One of the men died in an accident inside the room in an unfortunate manner. Our team immediately shifted him to a hospital," he added.

The victim's wife said she was not convinced by the police's explanation.

"Just 10 minutes before his death, he was speaking to me and then he cut the call saying the cops are here. I believe he later called another relative saying the police were harassing and threatening him and asking him to accompany them to the police station. I want answers to how he died," Meenakshi Gupta, the wife of the dead property dealer, said in a statement.