Miffed with the daring getaway of dreaded criminal Amit, alias Bhura, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav has issued a terse order to the police force to nab the absconding criminal at the earliest. Meanwhile Uttarakhand and UP Police announced a cash reward of Rs1 lakh and Rs50,000 respectively for providing information leading to the arrest of Bhura, who escaped from the custody of Uttarakhand Police on Monday after his cohorts threw chilli powder in the eyes of the five-member police team detailed to escort him to Baghpat district court.
“We have, also, jointly launched a massive manhunt to bring the dreaded criminal to justice. The Uttarakhand Police also joined the meeting chaired by the UP Police ADG Mukul Goel in Baghpat on Tuesday. A strategy has been devised to arrest him,” said Alok Sharma, IG of UP Police Meerut zone.
Simultaneously, the police officers of adjoining States of Delhi and Haryana have also asked their officers to keep tabs on the movement of Bhura. In a related development, Uttarakhand Police suspended its five police personnel for dereliction of duty. Despite being armed to the teeth with sophisticated weapons, the policemen were easily overpowered by Bhura and his cronies. A five-member police team headed by a head constable Gangaram with constables Ilam Chand,
Dharmendra, Pradeep and Ravinder were tasked to produce Bhura in a trial court at Baghpat. It appears Bhura had hatched a plan to free himself. His associates struck at Teetri police station when he was bring transferred to a tempo by the police team, said a police officer of Baghpat district.