Claims of Telangana police that two suspected SIMI fugitives gunned down by them were behind the sensational triple murder and Rs 50.50 lakh loot from an ATM here in lucknow on last February, seems to have fallen flat as primarily investigation by the State police pointed that the claims were made purely on Rssuspicion’ and there is no immediate corroborative evidences to substantiate it.
RsRsWe are in continuous touch with the Telangana police top bosses and a team already proceeded for the spot but the information collected so far during primarily investigation by us pointed that Telangana police made claims in a haste and three is no corroborative evidence to substantiate the involvement of two suspected SIMI fugitives killed by them in encounter”, disclosed director general of police, AK Jain, while revealing the development made by the UP police so far.
RsRsWe have cross checked about the weapons, empty shell recovered from the site at Telangana to that used during sensational loot in lucknow, and the two failed to match”, claimed Jain adding that they will still seek report of the forensic experts of the empty shell and weapons recovered from the two sites before drawing any final conclusion. RsRsBesides, we so far also learnt that the SIM cards or mobile recovered from the two SIMI conduits were not used while executing the crime here in lucknow as their locations were now found anywhere in lucknow on the fateful day”, Jain further revealed. However, AK Jain said that a team of lucknow police would still go in-depth and cross verify all the aspects including the details of movement of the two SIMI fugitives which has been with Telangana police who claimed be trailing behind the SIMI suspects.
Earlier the Telangana police claimed that the two suspected SIMI operatives gunned down in an encounter by them are behind ATM loot in lucknow also. Mohammand Ejazuddin (30) and Mohammad Aslam (27), both suspected to be among seven SIMI operatives, who had escaped on October 13 last from a jail in Madhya Pradesh were gunned down at Nalgonda in Telangana. As per Telangana police, the two gunned down are also involved in eight other sensational incidents including a blast in Bijnore district in Oct 2014 last year and incidents of dacoity in various parts of the country.
It is to be mentioned that in a brazen attack, two motorcycle borne unknown miscreants had shot dead three persons carrying money for HDFC ATM in a busy Babuganj area under Hassanganj police station in February last and decamped with Rs 50.50 lakh after opening fire to scare away shocked onlookers. They came on a motorcycle around noon when cash was about to be loaded in an ATM of HDFC bank in Babuganj locality close to lucknow University campus. The duo opened fire indiscriminately from point blank
range at three persons, including two private guards. Two persons died on the spot, while another died in hospital during treatment. The deceased were later identified as Anil Singh (40), Arun Kumar (45) and Avinash Shukla (35). Taking note of the incident, Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav had given 15 days to the police to crack the case.