Kanpur trader got hurt while trying to escape, died during treatment at hospital: ADGP

Manish Gupta died on Monday night after he was allegedly thrashed by some policemen.

A top Uttar Pradesh Police official on Thursday claimed that Kanpur businessman Manish Gupta died from a head injury caused by a fall as he tried to escape during a police raid at a hotel where he was staying in Gorakhpur. He also said Gupta died at a hospital during treatment.

The statement by ADGP (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar has come at a time when six policemen have been booked on the murder charge and CM Yogi Adityanath has said the guilty won’t be spared.