A deputy jailor of the Varanasi district jail was shot dead allegedly by four unidentified persons on two bikes while he was on way to gym on Saturday morning near Mahavir temple in Orderly Bazar under Cantonment police station.
As soon as 45-year-old deputy jailor Anil Tyagi came out of his car, four persons on two motorcycles chased him and opened indiscriminate firing, hitting him on the temple, stomach and back.Tyagi received six bullet injuries and was rushed to nearby Deen Dayal government hospital where he was declared dead upon arrival. The involvement of some hardcore criminal is suspected behind the daring murder. According to reports, deputy jailor Anil Tyagi reached his gym at about 8.32 am by his car.
After parking the car outside the club, as he came out of his car, four miscreants on two motorcycles reached there and opened indiscriminate fire on Tyagi. Reports claimed that about a dozen bullets were fired at Tyagi. He sustained six bullet injuries and died on the spot. The police recovered seven shells of .9 mm pistol. Hearing gunshots, the constable of the crime branch who was in the gym came out and rushed Tyagi to Deen Dayal government hospital where the doctors declared him dead upon arrival.
On getting information, ADG/IG Gl Meena, DIG A Satish Ganesh and SSP Rajesh D Modak reached the spot. The police have launched a hunt to nab the killers. Tyagi who belonged to Meerut had been posted here as deputy jailor about six years ago and was known as a strict officer. He was living with his wife Alobha Tyagi and two others in official quarters on the jail premises.
DIG Ganesh suspected the involvement of some hardcore criminal released recently from district jail in the murder. The STF was also asked to help the police to work out the sensational murder and directed the local police to work out the case within 24 hours. Sleuths of the STF, crime branch and police interrogated hardcore criminals lodged in district jail to reach out to the killers. The SSP also talked with the jail authorities to get some clue.