The angry mob torched a police chowki apart from several vehicles in Bulandshahr.
Uttar Pradesh Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, who was killed by a rampaging mob in Bulandshahr on Monday, received a hero's farewell as top cops and hundreds of police jawans bid him final good bye. Singh's family was also present during the wreath laying ceremony in Bulandshahr.
Singh, who had probed the Akhlaq lynching case initially, and a 20-year-old man were killed as a mob resorted to violence protesting alleged illegal cow slaughter in Bulandshahr. Reports said Singh died of gunshot injuries. The mob also torched a police chowki and several vehicles in the violence which continued for hours. The police have arrested four people in connection with the violence and booked over 50.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED:
Additional Director General (Meerut zone) Prashant Kumar said the protestors from Mahaw village and nearby areas pelted stones on police and indulged in arson, setting ablaze several vehicles and Chingarwathi Police Chowki, after some body parts of cows were found in a jungle near the village, prompting the police to open fire.
Police said there was firing by miscreants also during the clash. Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, who was posted at Siana Police Station, suffered a gunshot injury in addition to wounds from hard and blunt objects, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Anand Kumar said, citing the post-mortem report.
Videos showing the body of a policeman, probably Subodh Kumar Singh, slumped to ground from the seat of a police vehicle surrounded by some people came, went viral on social media soon after the incident.
Inspector Singh was investigating officer in the Akhlaq lynching case of Dadri between September 28, 2015 and November 9, 2015.The mob lynching of Akhlaq over rumours of cow slaughter and possession of beef in his home had triggered a massive outrage across the country.
Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, who was posted at Siana Police Station, suffered a gunshot injury in addition to wounds from hard and blunt objects.
Police said a youth identified as Sumit,20, also died of gunshot injuries sustained during the violence.
As tension prevailed in the area following the violence that lasted nearly three hours, the Uttar Pradesh government deployed additional police, including over 1,000 personnel of anti-riot forces, and ordered multiple probes — by SIT, ADG-Intelligence — and a magisterial inquiry.
Strict action will be taken: Yogi Adityanath
Expressing grief over the incident, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is in Rajasthan for election campaign, said strict action will be taken against the guilty after the probe reports are received.
In Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh government announced a total of Rs 50-lakh assistance to the kin of Inspector Singh. The government said Rs 40 lakh would be given to his wife and Rs 10 lakh to his parents.
WATCH: Cop killed in mob violence in Bulandshahr
(With inputs from agencies)
