Prayagraj: The National Commission for the Backward Classes seeks a reply from ADG and DM on the mysterious death of the former Joint Registrar at a City Hospital

Saurabh Singh Somvanshi.
Prayagraj. The National Commission for the Backward Classes has sought a detailed report on the case from the Police authority of Prayagraj Region as well as from the District Magistrate of Prayagraj. A letter was given seeking a detailed report on the investigation conducted on the death of Vijayalakshmi Banerjee, wife of the Joint Registrar Hem Singh posted at Allahabad High Court.  The letter said that the death of Hem Singh’s wife Vijayalakshmi Banerjee should be investigated in addition a major question was also posted that the last rites, whose sole responsibility and authority was only and only with Mr. Hem Singh then why he was was deprived off. They had asked report of the case after investigation to be submitted to the National Commission for Backward Classes within 7 days. 

According to the order of Lokesh Prajapati, Deputy Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes, D.O. In the letter, the district officer of Prayagraj and the Director General of Police have been asked to investigate the matter in person and to give the detailed report within 7 days.

What is the matter?
Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Banerjee, the wife of Allahabad High Court Joint Registrar Hem Singh and who was formerly at the post of Joint Registrar in Allahabad High Court till December 2019, passed away on Friday, 9 October at the Phoenix Hospital. Hem Singh said “although we used to live separately, but we did not go for a divorce”.  Hem Singh further said that “the time of her death and informing us an hour after her death and when we arrived, there was no sign of the corpse, raises big questions and raises serious doubts“.
Hem Singh said that he was called by an unknown person at 9 am who told that his wife had died. He immediately rushed to the Phoenix Hospital in a hurry, where he was again told that the body had been taken to Daraganj Ghat for the last rites. When Hem Singh reached the Daraganj Ghat with 2 security personnel and two journalists, no one was aware of it there, after this he reached the electrical crematorium in Daraganj, there was no one there too. He also almost went to the Rasulabad Ghat of Teliarganj and the electrical crematorium there but no one knew about it, then Hem Singh’s apprehensions were further strengthened. Hem Singh has filed the same complaint with the National Commission for Backward Classes.