Finding Khakhi as the softest target following deteriorating law and order situation in the State, now cattle smugglers in Bareily opened indiscriminate fire on cops killing a sub-inspector on Wednesday night. Senior police officers including DIG Bareilly range, RKS Rathore, who rushed to the spot claiming to have formed teams and all out efforts have been made to trace out the criminals and nab them.Interestingly, just within a last week, police outposts were torched in Barabanki and Sultanpur, cops were attacked in Agra, Ferojabad, Mathura, Sitapur and some other districts pointing towards total lawlessness in the State.
According to reports, a police team comprising of sub-inspector Manoj Mishra, sub-inspector Santram Verma, constables Shyam Singh, Sudhir, Het Singh etc were reportedly checking vehicles at Parthapur on Faridpur-Bisalpur road under Faridpur police station of Bareilly on Wednesday night. Their move turned fatal for them when they tried to intercept a vehicle on which some cattle were smuggled reportedly for slaughtering. As the cops signaled the criminals to stop, they opened indiscriminate fire on the police party in which SI Manoj Mishra was critically injured while the other somehow managed to rush and take shelter in the near-by jungles. later when the criminals fled from the scene of crime, colleagues of Manoj Mishra rushed him to near-by hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival. The message was subsequently passed on to the senior officers after which the cops claimed to have started checking but they efforts went in vein. A case has been registered in this regard and further investigations are on.
Meanwhile in a tragic incident in lakhimpur Kheri, a 45-year-old jeweler along with three members of his family allegedly consumed poison at Bahadurnagar locality in the wee hours of Thursday, following which three of them died. Krishna Kumar alias Sappu Soni, a jeweller, along with his wife Maya (42), son Ankur (22) and daughter Rishu (20)consumed poisonous pills and were rushed to the hospital, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Martand Prakash Singh said. While Maya, Ankur and Rishu were declared brought dead, Kumar is undergoing treatment and his condition is reported to be critical, he said. Poisonous pills and glasses of water were recovered from the scene along with a suicide note. The reason behind the extreme step was confirmed as heavy debts on Krishna Kumar. Further investigations are on in the matter and bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.