Death of a youth reportedly in firing by police led to violence in Mainpuri when agitated crowd not only attacked the police party but also torched the Jahengir police outpost under Alau police station of the district late on Sunday night.
The violence could be only brought under control after district magistrate who rushed along with senior officers not only suspended two the guilty cops but also get a murder case registered against them. He also ordered to send the local station officer to Reserve Police lines for mishandling the situation.
Kripal Singh Yadav, a native of lekhrajpur in Kurra locality of Mainpuri claimed that his 22-year-old son Anuj aka Pintu, was going to his daughter’s house in Ramnagar locality of the district on Sunday night. He alleged that on way, Anuj was detained by two constables -Tahar Singh and Sudhir Singh, in the name of checking papers of the motorcycle. He said that the cops demanded money from his son and when he refused they assaulted Anuj who tried to rush and save his life but the cops opened fire on him in which he died on the spot.
Reports said that not only this, the constables to conceal the crime later threw the body of the victim in a pond and held one another local youth identified as lalchand. They also shown recovery of a country made weapon from his possession claiming that the same has been used in Anuj’s killing. However, when the conduct of the police reached his native village, hundred of villagers rushed to the spot and they first blocked the traffic movement demanding immediate action against the cops.
Reports said that the matter further aggravated when the local police reached the spot and and tried to use force to chase away the villagers. The protesters subsequently turned violent and they pelted stones and also torched several vehicles before attacking the local Jahengir police outpost and setting it ablaze.
Several policemen as well as officials of district administration were injured in the attack which could be only brought under control when senior officers along with DM reached the spot and fulfilled the demand of the protesters. They sent the body for post-mortem examination and claimed that if the charges will be proved than the guilty policemen will be sent to jail on murder charges.