As the Yogi Adityanatah government celebrated its 100 days in office on Tuesday, criminals and anti-socials had a virtual run in t he state and struck with impunity in the last 24 hours.
In Muzaffarnagar, after learning of a cow slaughter, Kotwali police station personnel rushed to Kassawan locality on Tuesday morning and arrested three locals Mustaqueem, Mahan and Kala. Their arrest angered the locals, who torched a police vehicle and attacked the police party injuring several cops before freeeing the accused.
later, heavy police force rushed there and dispersed them. A case was registered against mob leader Hazi Sarfaraj but no arrests were reported. Senior police offices were camping in the area due to communal tension over cow slaughter.
In Shamli, half a dozen persons were injured in a clash between two groups over water spill in lohripur village. Station House Officer MS Gill aid that trouble began when Zulfiqar protested over spilling of water on the street from Tahir’s house on Monday evening after which they came to a head. It later snowballed into a violent clash involving supporters of the two and witnessed free use of firearms and stones. The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.
In Bahavari village Shamli, four policemen were injured in stone pelting when they went there to arrest some persons accused in a loot case. The team reached the village on Monday night looking for some accused who had looted a trader on Sunday night, when they were attacked with missiles. A case was registered and several persons were arrested.
In another incident at Shamli, Manjar Bhajan (60) was shot dead over an old enmity while he was heading to neighbouring Sewa village on Monday evening. After the victim’s daughter resistered a case against Deepak, the accused was arrested.
Meanwhile in Rae Bareli, a village pradhan was among five persons killed in a clash over old political rivalry.
Pradhan of Tevra village, Rohit Shukla was getting construction on a piece of land work in Bhusai-ka-Purwa which was stopped by Raja Yadav, son of the Apta village pradhan on the ground that it was gram sabha land. The two had an old political enmity. Upon learning about the development, Rohit went to Apta village with four others to speak to Raja late Monday night. There a heated argument ensued and later Raja’s brother Krishan Kumar started firing. When Rohit and others tried to escape in a jeep, the vehicle collided with a pole. later Raja and others reached there and beat up the marooned occupants with sticks killing Rohit and two others on the spot. Two others who were stuck inside the jeep died paionful death when the vehicle was torched by angry mob. The police arrested Raja Yadav, Krishna Kumar and two others in this connection.
In Bareilly, three activists of Hindu Yuva Vahini (HYV), an organisation floated by Yogi Adityanath, were arrested on charges of gangrape and thrashing a police officer inside a police station.
late on Monday night, a dispute took place between Deepak and Avinash over playing of music in Ganeshnagar locality. Avinash called his friends fom the HYV and barged into Deepak’s house and misbehaved with the women folk. later, Deepak reached with his brother Gaurav and beat up Avinash before handing him over to the police. As news spread, HYV regional chief Jitendra Sharma and city unit chief Pankaj Pathak backed by a number of HYV activists reached the police station to protest. BJP city unit chief Umesh Katharia also reached the police station and in the presence of police, HYV activists misbehaved with the BJP leader and beat up sub-insepctor Mayank Arora.
The SP city said that two FIRs were lodged in this connection. One FIR was lodged by Arora against Avinash, Jitendra and Pankaj for assaulting a govenment officer and the other by a woman against the three and another person Anil Saxena for allegedly gangraping her. Avinash, Jitendra and Pankaj were arrested and a probe is underway.
In another incidnt in Bareilly, a girl was burnt alive by her neighbour (with Hindu Yuva Vahini links) for resisting molestation bid in Shahiganeshpur area on Monday evening. The 18-year-old victim was alone at her house and her neighbour’s son Hariom came to charge his phone and tried to molest her. When the girl shouted for help, he doused her with kerosene and set her afire. The family members rushed the girl to hospital, where she died during treatment.
Meqanwhile in Sambhal, a 40-year-old woman was abducted from Bareilly railway station and raped for four days by two persons in Ginnaur area. The victim alleged that she was going to Panipat on June 16, when three persons gave her sedatives and abducted her along with her two minor children. They were taken to a village in Ginnaur where she was gang raped for four days.She managed to flee along with her son while her daughter was still in the village. An FIR was registered in Chandausi police station against four persons, including two women, and a probe is on.
In Bijnore, the boidies of two sisters were found inside a SUV on Tuesday morning. Kunwarpal’s daughters Soni (8) and Moni (10) of Agaumpur hamlet of Afzalgarh went missing on Monday evening. During search by the family, their dead bodies were found inside a SUV owned by Sonu Sardar, their landlord. The family that the victims might have be sexually assaulted a killed. A case was registered and investigations were on.
In Farukkabad, a woman from Aallahganj charged constable Ajay Kumar, working with UP-100, and Upendra Trivedi of ganraping her inside a luxury car and then a quarter of police lines. The dupo picked her up on the pretext of dropping her home. A case was registered against the accused and also against constable Dinesh Chandra whose quarter was used for the crime. No arrests were reported so far.
In Etah, retired ArmymenHarpal Singh of Kazi area, was going with her niece when he suddenly stopped his motorcycle in Nagla Chunni locality of Jaithara on Tuesday afternoon. Singh later shot dead his niece and also shot himself in an attempttio end his life. While the girl died on the spot, Singh was shifted to Agra in a critical condition. A case and was registered and the police was trying to figure out the motive.
In Hardoi, the bdoies of three youths were recovered in Kotwali police station area on Tuesday afternoon. A case was registered and efforts were on to identify them.
In Amethi, some miscreants threw meat inside a mosque in Shukla Bazar to fuel communal tension during Eid on Monday morning. A case was registsred in this connection.
In Meerut, Rs 5.17 lakh was looted from the cashier of Meghraj Petrol Pump in Mawana area on Tuesday morning. Besides, half a dozen other cases of murder and clashes were reported from the state during the last 24-hours.