Close on the heels of attack on policemen by agitated activists of Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) in Kushninagar, yet another assault has been made on the cops when they went to conduct raid to arrest some wanted criminal in Amroha in the wee hours of Monday.
The injured cops who somehow managed to save their lives were admitted in the hospital while a case has been registered in this regard against the villagers along with the criminals. Senior police officers claimed to have inspected the crime scene but so far no one has been arrested in the case.
Reports said that the station officer of Navgawa in Amroha, along withhis police team members went to arrest Anees, Furqan and Babbu, all residents of Saidpur Imma hamlet of Navgawa, in the wee hours of
Monday. All the three were wanted in connection with abduction of a minor girl whose parents registered a case under section 363/366 IPC with the local police station.
Reports said that as soon as the cops reached the village, the local residents along with the accused and their family members attacked the police team. They not only used lathis but also threw stones and fired
in air. Even some of them also tried to snatch the rifle of the cops when they tried to retaliate. later finding themselves in trouble, the cops rushed back to the police station. While other cops received
minor injuries, sub-inspector Vijay Kant, constables, Amit Kumar and Vijaykant Verma, were seriously injured in the attack. Further investigations are on in the matter.
Meanwhile in connection with clash between farmers and cops inKushinagar took place on last Friday, a delegation of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC)led by former minister, Satyadeo Tripathi, demanded to get a case registered against the cops and to suspend all the policemen posted at Jatha police station, as they opened fire on farmers without the permission of the local magistrate.
SatyadeoTripathi, who visited Gorakhpur and met injured farmers on Mondayafternoon, alleged that the cops must be punished for their in-human attack as they attacked innocent villagers who went to register
protest against illegal sale of country-made liquor, mining etc. It be mentioned that over two dozen persons including policemen were injured following a clash between activists of BKU and cops in
Kushninagar on last Friday morning. The cops had to open fire and also burst tear gas shells to control unruly BKU activists who tried to ransack the Jatha police station and managed to snatch the service
revolver of one of the sub-inspector.
According to reports, hundred ofactivists of BKU, led by their local leader Dhruv Narain Yadav,
gheroed the Jatha police station accusing the cops of patronizing the gangsters involved in supply of illicit liquor and land mining. It may be mentioned that the local police claimed that the miscreants staged
a violent protest just as Dhurv, who was expelled leader of BKU faces charges of forgery and they also get a case registered against him. He was trying to terrorise the cops so that they would not initiate any
criminal proceedings against him.
Reports further said that the agitation suddenly turned violent whenthe farmers barged inside the police station and threw chilly powder in the eyes of the cops including the station house officer of Jatha police station and attacked them in which two of the cops received fracture in their hands. The miscreants also snatched the service revolver of one of the cop. When senior officers get the information they rushed with heavy police force and used batons to chase away the protesters outside the police station. later the cops and the BKU activists fought pitch battle with both pelting stones on each other and even some of them also reportedly firing.