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When a police team was facing a volley of bullets in Kanpur after it went to arrest dreaded don Vikas Dubey a few hours past Thursday midnight, two cops in Amroha had a narrow escape when they were rescued by a heavy police force after being held captive inside a house.
The cops had gone there to resolve a dispute when they were assaulted.
Reports said that Jaipal Singh and Soran Singh are living in same house at Katai hamlet of Didauli. While Jaipal is occupying the ground floor, Soran is living with his family on the first floor.
The two had disputes over petty matters several times. However, the situation took an ugly turn when on late Thursday night, Jaipal accused Soran’s family members of peeping in their open verandah and teasing females. This led to a clash between the two families and they called the police control room.
Reports said that constable Roop Kishore and home guard Durbal Singh of the Leopard mobile squad reached the spot and called Soran’s family to come out and accompany them to the police station. This agitated Soran’s family and accusing the cops of being biased in action, they nabbed both the cops, took them inside the house and brutally assaulted them, and tore their clothes. Not only this, they locked both cops inside a room.
Luckily, the cops had mobile phone with them and they contacted the local police control room and sought help.
Soon after receiving the message, Station House Officer of Didauli police station, Sharad Malik, along with Station Officer of Dehat Kotwali, Hariyant Kumar, and four teams of Dial-112 reached the spot and rescued both the cops.
A case was registered and action was taken in the matter.
Meanwhile, one person died due to police excesses in Lakhimpur Kheri.
Reports said that the cops of Majhgai police outpost under the Palia police station went to Gulantanda hamlet at 2 am on Friday. The cops, who were allegedly drunk, brutally assaulted four villagers, claiming that they were involved in cow slaughter. They took the villagers to the police outpost where Dodan (55) suddenly fell unconscious and was taken to hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
Dodan’s maternal nephew Ali Hassan claimed that his uncle along with Jaleel, Gulsher, Wazid Ali were returning after giving fodder to cattle when the cops attacked them.
The villagers staged a protest after learning about Dodan’s death. They demanded that outpost incharge Ugrasen be terminated and a case be also registered against him.
Superintendent of Police of Kheri, Poonam, claimed that the cops were innocent but she handed over a probe in this regard to ASP Arun Kumar Singh. She said further action would be taken after the probe report came.