A sub inspector was arrested while three policemen of his team were put under suspension for attempting murder of a gym trainer in Gautam Buddha Nagar on Saturday night.
The above named police men had initially spread a message of a fake encounter to save their skin. The injured man had been admitted to a hospital where he is battling for his life.
As per reports, an under trainee sub inspector Vijay Darshan Sharma of Phase 3 police station area of the district was dining along with four constables at a dhaba near a CNG petrol pump. In an inebriated state, the SI picked a fight with Gym trainer Vijay Yadav alias Dumber Yadav (25) of Parsala village of the locality who also was dining at the dhaba. Sharma allegedly opened fire at Vijay Yadav hitting him at his throat by his service pistol. later the policemen disappeared from the scene.
The firing scared the other customers eating at the dhaba and they fled the scene. The dhaba owner rushed the victim to a hospital in NOIDA. To hide their crime, the policemen spread the news that they had encounter with miscreants near the Dhaba and one of them was injured.
However, the fact came to fore when a police team investigated the matter and the findings were passed on to senior officials. The police said the SI Vijay Darshan Sharma was arrested for murder attempt and three constables identified as Pankaj, Narendra and Sanjay were suspended. The police said a case of murder attempt was registered against all the four policemen. The condition of the injured man is serious and the police are collecting details related to the incident.