In a sensational broad daylight shoot-out in Aligarh, a murder convict going to court was sprayed with bullets on Friday. Surprisingly, the victim was killed by three brothers just to avenge the same killing in which the judgement was to be pronounced by the Court on Friday. local police registered a case in this regard and had launched a hunt for the killers.
Reports said that one Shiv Singh (42), a native of Damanagariya hamlet of Khair in Aligarh, was on his way to ADJ (ninth) Court on Fridaymorning. Shiv Singh, was an accused in the murder of one Devi Singh, a native of Makrandghari, who was killed in 2005. On Friday, the judge has to pronounce judgement in Devi Singh’s murder case.
However, the matter took a turn when Devi Singh’s son Guddu, Sunder, Gopal, who had little hope of the Court convicting Shiv Singh, had decided to settle score on their own. They rounded Shiv Singh, on way to court and opened indiscriminate fire, killing Shiv Singh on the spot and also injuring Brijpal, who was accompanying the victim. All the three accused later escaped on a motorcycle.
local police who rushed to the spot claimed that two of niece of Shiv Singh, were married in the family of Devi Singh but due to some dispute, Shiv Singh, reportedly stabbed Devi Singh to death in 2005. Since then, Devi Singh’s sons were looking to avenge that killing and finally they struck on the day, when the Court was also scheduled to give judgement.
Meanwhile, a farmer was also killed in Meerut on Friday. Reports said that two men reached at the house of 55-year-old Wakil Ahmed, residing at Pawali hamlet of Kankarkhera in Meerut, on Friday morning. The two introduced themselves as cops of the Uttrakhand police and asked Wakil to come out of the house as they wanted to seek explanation to their queries.
Reports said that as Wakil went out with them, both whipped out revolvers and fired from point blank range killing the victim on the spot. The accused later escaped. The family members of Wakil, who rushed after they heard gun shot shifted the victim to near-by hospital but he was pronounced dead upon arrival. A case has been registered in this regard and efforts were on trace out the killers.