The men in Khaki have seemingly turned out to be soft targets for criminals in Agra particularly in Etmaddaula locality, as in the last four months there have been at least four such attacks in which two cops died while two others were battling for their lives. As per reports from Agra, Satish Yadav attached to Etmaddaula police station was on patrol duty in Tedhi Bagia area along with head constable Anand Kumar and constable Kuldeep Kumar on Friday night. Early Saturday morning as Yadav went to relieve himself, he saw four youths on a Pulsar bike and signalled them to stop. As the rdiers tried to flee, the cop trid to block their path after which the riders fatally shot Yadav and later fled the scene abandoning the bike and a handgun. The injured cops was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Senior officers led by SSP of Agra Dinesh Chandra Dubey rushed to the spot soon and an intensive search was carried which failed to yield any result.
later at Reserve Police lines, ADG (Agra Zone) Ajay Anand, SSP Dinesh Chandra Dubey and other officers convened a condolence meeting. They announced a day’s salary by local police personnel to the family of the deceased. Earlier, constable Himanshu Chauhan posted at Etmaddaula police station and constable Pradeep Yadav posted at Hariparwat were shot at the same spot where Yadav was gunned down on Saturday.
Three months back, constable Ajay Yadav posted at Shamshabad police station was shot dead and his pistol looted by criminals. No breakthrough could be made in the case.
Meanwhile in Shamli, two dreaded criminals were shot dead during an encounter with police early Saturday morning, in which five cops including the Jhinjhana police station in-charge were also injured.
SP of Shamli, Ajay Pal said that police was tipped off about the presence of two dreaded criminals Naushad alias Dany (carrying cash reward of Rs 50,000) and Sarvar (reward of Rs 10,0000) in Bhura village. A police team rushed there and engaged in an exchange of fire, wherein Naushad and Sarvar were killed. Jhinjhana police station in-charge Bhagwat Singh, sub-Inspectors Adesh Kumar and Sandeep Baliyan and two members of Special Operation Group, Raju Tyagi and Ashok were alos injured. Naushad and Sarvar were noted criminals of UP, Delhi and Haryana and had been staying in Bhura village and planning a big strike at a nearby place.