Tension prevailed in Saharanpur after reports of alleged cow slaughter in Rampur Maniharan area spread on Thursday. A case was registered in this regard and efforts were being made to nab the accused.
However the local police denied of cow slaughter and maintained that they seized flesh from the spot and sent it for forensic test to confirm whether it was cow or some other animal.
As per reports, police personnel at Rampur Maniharan police station in Saharanpur were tipped off about cow being slaughtered at a house near Jama Masjid on Thursday morning. As the police raided the house, the accused involved in illegal slaughter escaped. But the raiding cops seized flesh and registered a case.
Meanwhile after the SP and Additional SP were shunted out of Sambhal for failing to nab an accused who attacked the police party that went to check illegal slaughter, DIG Moradabad Range Onkar Singh, has been asked to camp in the district and ensure the arrest of the culprits.
A police team in Sambhal raided a house after getting information of cow slaughter. But before the police reached the scene, the miscreants escaped. As the cops carried out a search of the premises, the women folk not just accused the cops of misbehaving but they backed up by other miscreants also attacked the party. The attack lft a sub-inspector with serious injuries.
While a case was registered in this connection, the Sambhal Police failed to arrest any of the accused in the next 48-hours. Taking serious view of the slackness, the state government on Wednesday night shunted out SP of Sambhal, Balendu Bhushan Singh and replaced him with Commandant of 23rd battalion PAC in Moradabad Ravi Shankar Chavi.
Similarly, Additional SP, Ram Murat Yadav was replaced by Pankaj Kumar Pandey, presently posted in PAC, Aligarh. Both Singh and Yadav were attached to the DGP office. Now DIG Moradabad, Onkar Singh has formed teams and making all out efforts to nab the culprits.