Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath showed his concern over deteriorating law and order situation in the state. He called on senior police officers and had also directed the new director general of police, OP Singh, to immediately check sensational incident including the spree of dacoities in the state capital. Yogi has also directed to allot 200 more policemen to lucknow to take their services in night patrolling in the rural areas, particularly to check any further incident of loot or dacoity.
Reports said that after series of cases of murders, dacoities, attack on media persons etc, and also in wake of on-going protest on proposed screening of film `Padmaavat’, Yogi has summoned senior officers including principal secretary, Home, Arvind Kumar, and asked the officers either to pull of their socks or be ready to face action. ``Perform or perish”, Yogi told the officers claiming that if they could not control crime, then they should leave the place. Chief minister asked the officers to take corrective measures immediately and set the law and order completely under control. He also directed to take necessary steps to maintain peace during screening of the film `Padmaavat’.
Meanwhile reports said that on Wednesday also, a sensational broad daylight shoot-out took place in Meerut in which a mother and her son were sprayed with bullets on Wednesday. Reports said that 28-year-old Bholu and his 58-year-old mother Nichetar Kaur, hailing from Sohrakha hamlet of Partapur in Meerut, were sitting outside their home on Wednesday afternoon. Suddenly, half a dozen miscreants struck at their home and opened indiscriminate fire killing both the victims on spot. The close-circuit television helped the police to identify the main killer as Golu, who is maternal nephew of Nichetar Kaur. According to local police, the shoot-out took place over a property dispute in which the above double murder took place just to avenge one more murder in the same case. The cops said that they registered a case in this regard and all out hunt was on for the killers who absconded soon after the killing. The body of the victims has been also sent for post-mortem examination.