Lucknow (The Uttam Hindu): The postmortem report of Congress worker Prabhat Pandey does not mention any injury marks on his body. The police have questioned three people in this case. The police said that Prabhat Pandey was brought to the hospital in a dead state. Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai claimed that Prabhat Pandey died due to police brutality during the siege of the Vidhan Sabha building.

Regarding this incident, Ajay Rai said in a post on his social media handle, "Our young colleague Prabhat Pandey died due to police brutality while going to gherao the assembly. This incident is very sad and condemnable. Our Congress family is hurt and angry by this. We will not tolerate this incident at all. The Yogi government should give financial assistance of one crore rupees to the family of the deceased and a government job to one member of the family as compensation."

At the same time, DCP Raveena Tyagi said, "On the basis of the complaint of Manish Kumar Pandey, uncle of Prabhat Kumar Pandey, on December 18, 2024, an FIR of murder has been registered at Hussain Ganj Police Station. Regarding the incident that took place at the Uttar Pradesh Congress Party office in Lucknow, it was alleged that the deceased was unconscious in the party office for two hours, he was taken to the Civil Hospital in an Innova car, where doctors declared him brain dead."

The DCP further said, "Investigation has been started after the FIR was registered. The field unit has reached the spot and is carefully collecting evidence. CCTV footage from the location will be obtained and the persons responsible for organising the protest will be analysed. Also, those who participated in it will be questioned and further action will be taken on that basis."

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