Madhya Pradesh communal clash: Week on, missing man’s body found; kin cry foul

Cops detain a man in Jahangirpuri, in New Delhi on Monday. Pic/PTI

A 30-year-old man who went missing during communal clashes in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone city has become the first fatality of violence but his death has raised allegations of cover-up, with the kin of the deceased accusing the police of keeping his death under wraps for eight days.

The body of Ibresh Khan was kept at a government hospital in Indore for eight days after it was found in Khargone's Anand Nagar area as the freezer facility was not available in Khargone, the police said on Monday. An officer said Ibresh Khan died due to serious injuries to his head caused by stones.

Communal clashes had broken out in Khargone on April 10 during a Ram Navami procession. SP Siddharth Choudhary had received a bullet injury during the violence.

"An unidentified body was found the next day [April 11] of communal violence in the Anand Nagar area of Khargone," said In-charge SP Rohit Kashwani. He said Ibresh's family had registered a missing person complaint on April 14. His body was handed over to the family on Sunday, Kashwani said.

Ibresh's brother Ikhlaq the deceased was seen in police custody by some people on April 12. He alleged that the police informed him about Ibresh's death and his body only after he threatened to go to the media.

Ikhlaq alleged that Ibresh had gone to provide food for Iftar in the Anand Nagar area when he was hit by a stone. "The people in Anand Nagar attacked my brother with weapons and crushed his head with a stone," he alleged while speaking to media.

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