Top cops of Uttar Pradesh Police have been engaged in cosmetic policing in the form of `Anti-Romeo’ drive and closure of illegal abattoirs to score brownie points with the new Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
However the stark truth behind the cosmetic exercise was eclipsed by over a dozen cases of murders, robberies, rape and other sensational crimes in the last 24-hours.
DGP Javeed Ahmed and other top cops suddenly became proactive to ensure in toto various promises of BJP’s manifesto by introducing ‘Anti-Romeo’ squads across the state and clamping down against illegal slaughter houses hours after Yogi took over as Chief Minister.
Interestingly, the CM on Wednesday issued directions to ensure safety of women and girls and also check illegal slaughter houses in the state.
In the run up to assembly poll, both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah had promised that all abattoirs in UP would be closed as their party takes over reins besides waiving off farmers’ loans.
While top cops have been busy with `cosmetic policing’ to send a message that the men in Khaki mean business now, the gory fact remains that `jungle raaj’ still prevailed in UP.
Sample this. Seventy two hours after BJP came to power, at least 50 murders took place in the state, of which more than a dozen were reported in the last 24-hours.
In Moradabad, Susheel Kumar Arora (55) of Bhagwatpur area was found dead and jewellery were looted from his house in the wee hours of Wednesday. Similarly in Agra, BJP leader Rahul aka Sandeep (28) of Tundla (Ferozabad) was hacked to death by Arvind on the Yamuna Expressway under Etmadpur police station area on Wednesday morning.
In Azamgarh, a salesman in a country liquor shop Sabhajeet was waylaid by three miscreants and as his father Gajraj (65) tried to come to his rescue, the miscreants shot him dead and critically injured Sabhajeet.
In Sitapur, a 3-year-old girl of Ramuwapur Chamran area of Pisawa was kidnapped by her neighbor Ram ladaut and Pradeep Kumar and later killed on Tuesday night. The police did not rule out possibility of sexual assault.
In Kotwali area in Fatehgarh, another 3-year-old girl was raped by Badelal on Tuesday night. In another incident reported from Muzaffarnagar, a 15-year-old girl in Charthaval area was
murdered by her father who was against her relationship with a local boy on Tuesday night. The accused slit the victuim’s throat and threw the body at her lover’s doorstep.
In anonther case reported from Bulundshahr, a 7-year-old girl of Narsena area was kidnapped and murdered by Devendra in the wee hours of Tuesday.
In Shahjahenpur, the bodies of Feroj (25) and Gunja (20) were recovered from Bartara railway station on Tuesday afternoon. Both had bullet injuries marks and the police claimed that the boy killed the girl on being spurned after which he killed himself in a similar manner.
In Bareilly, Harishahai (35) of Bahedi was murdered on Tuesday. In Bulandhshar, body of a 28-year-old woman and 5-year-old boy was found lying unclaimed in Dibai area. The two were killed and later attempts were also made to burn the two alive.
In Manikpur area of Chitrakoot, a 13-year-old girl was raped by Nathu aka Nathul on Tuesday. In Baghpat, a clash over petty dispute in Badaut area left Brahm Singh (25) dead and Sudhir Singh critically injured on Wednesday morning.
In Dibiyapur area of Auraiya, Nause (60), his wife Ashmeen (35) and daughter Shabbu (2) were hacked to death in their house at Azadnagar area in the wee hours of Tuesday.
In Agra, Rs 27 lakh was looted by unidentified miscreants from Professor Yuvraj Singh from his house at Tajganj area on Tuesday. The miscreants assaulted and locked the family in one room and escaped with the booty.
In Gonda, a field officer of Magma Finance Company was carrying Rs 6.75 lakh when he was robbed by two armed miscreants in Khargupur area on Tuesday evening.
Besides, at least half a dozen killings took place just on Wednesday.
Meanwhile reports from Hathras confired that three shops selling meat and fish were set afire by unidentified persons, triggering panic in the area on Tuesday night. Reports confirmed that the arson incident took place in Manyawar Kanshiram Colony on Tuesday night. The shop owners said all their stock was charred.