About two dozen miscreants struck terror in Mathura when they assaulted a family and shot dead a 15-year-old boy before fleeing with 17 bovines from a dairy.
The sensational incident triggered protests by locals who blocked the Yamuna Expressway for several hours demanding immediate action against the erring cops and the recovery of cattle. The agitators pointd out that when special teams could search cattle owned by minister Azam Khan in Rampur, why can the same not be replicated in Mathura. Shocked the massive reaction, the police hurriedly registered a case after the protest.
As per reports, a gang comprising 15 odd armed miscreants struck at the house-cum-dairy of Chandra Pal at Mahawan locality of Mathura lateon Wednesday night.
The miscreants brutally assaulted the inmates of the house seriously injuring Chandra Pal, his wife Sheela and sons –Jitendra, Satyendra and Chhotu. The brigands later stashed valuables and cash and forcibly loaded 17 buffaloes in a truck and escaped from the scene. To scare away locals, the robbers fired shots while speeding away.
local villagers converegd on the scene and shifted the injured to a hospital where Chhotu (15) who had suffered bullet injuries was pronounced dead upon arrival. The news of the boy's death and robbery soon spread and hundreds of villagers blocked Yamuna Expressway thowing traffic out of gear.
SP (Rural), Mathura, Arun Kumar rushed to the spot along with police personnel and somehow managed to cool the frayed temper of the villagers bu assuring early arrest of culprits and recovery of the stolen cattle.
Meanwhile in Muzaffarnagar, a 13-year-old girl was killed while trying to save her cattle from a fire which swept through her cottage in Badh village on Wednesday evening.
Kiran desperately tried to save her cattle from the fire and in the process suffered serious burns. She was later rushed to a hospital where doctors pronounced her dead upon arrival. A case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy.