Four cops including incharge of Majhgai police outpost in lakhimpur Kheri have been place under suspension after their negligence led to sensational killing of a man and that too by a police constable, just over property dispute.
Surprisingly, the guilty constable not only murdered his opponent but also torched the body, looted belonging and freely walked away as the local police remained mute spectators. It was only when the local residents staged a protest and SP Kheri, Arvindsen reached the spot that the case was registered, guilty were suspended and a hunt was launched for the accused on Wednesday afternoon. A report in this regard has been also sent to SP Sitapur, to place the accused constable under suspension.
Reports said that one Parvej Khan (45), a resident of Majhgai area of Paliya in Kheri was trying to carry out some construction in a piece of land on which constable Ramshankar, posted in Sitapur, claimed his ownership and had opposed the move. Ramshankar, claimed that he had purchased the land in the name of his wife. On Tuesday, Ramshankar, along with half a dozen of his henchmen reached the general merchant shop of Parvej and had not just roughed him for daring to make claim on the land but also forcibly looted goods and Rs 45,000 cash kept there. As soon as Ramshankar left the spot, Parvej, and local villagers went to Majghai police outpost and handed over an application requesting the cops to intervene and arrest the culprits.
Reports further said that instead of taking any action, local police kicked out the victim out of the outpost. However, when this news reached the Ramshankar, that efforts were made to register a case against him, he left Kazi Kamalpur police outpost of Imiliya Sultanpur in Sitapur, where he was posted and struck at Parvej’s house in the wee hours of Wednesday. He was accompanied by Sabil Khan, Yonus Khan, also resident of Naugaon in Paliya, Maya Ram, Ram Vilas, hailing from Babura in Paliya. The accused brutally assaulted Parvej and also tried to nab his son Riyaz, who somehow jumped and took shelter in an adjacent house to save his life. later the accused killed Parvej and sprinkle kerosene over his body and torched him before fleeing from the spot. The remains of the body have been sent for post-mortem examination and further investigations are on in the matter.
In another incident in Rae Bareli, a timber merchant was hacked to death by a local pradhan in Salon locality late on Tuesday night. According to report, Naseem, pradhan of Kuteha locality of Salon in Rae Bareli, along with five of his unknown aides, struck at the house of Faizan (24), owning a timber merchant shop and had brutally hacked him to death in the late hours of Tuesday. The accused later escaped from the spot. local police registered a case in this regard and were making efforts to nab the accused.
Meanwhile a case of honour killing also reported from Rampur. Reports said that the cops of Azeemnagar in Rampur, recovered a body of a 22-year-old girl lying in the field of one Murari at Bhatpura locality on Wednesday morning. The accused had not just brutally battered the girl to death but had also crushed her face probably to conceal her identity. However, the cops managed to maintain the identity of the victim as Roma, hailing from Azmatpur locality of Azeemnagar. Further probe also pointed that the girl was having an affair with some local boy over which the family members were opposing her and had also reportedly threatened to kill her if she will not give up her affair. SP Rampur, Sadhna Goswami, who confirmed of looking into honour killing angle, said that they sent the body for autopsy test and were waiting for report before further heading with the investigation.