An undertrial was sprayed with bullets while being escorted from a court room to the lock-up in the Collectorate compound in Aligarh on Wednesday while in Rampur, a jail inmate died under mysterious circumstances on Tuesday night.
According to reports received from Aligarh, Hoshiyar Singh, an undertrial lodged in the local district jail in connection with a murder case, was produced before a magistrate for trial on Wednesday afternoon. After the hearing of his case, Singh was being escorted to the court lock-up by two constables when a dozen unidentified persons opened indiscriminate fire him.
In the firing, Singh and another undertrial, identified as Neeraj, were seriously injured. Surprisingly, the constables entrusted with the safety of the two undertrials fled the scene leaving the duo at the mercy of the assailants.
After the daring attack, the assailants walked away from the collectorate compound unchallenged.later, some lawyers rushed the profusely bleeding Hoshiyar Singh and Neeraj to a nearby hospital where the doctors pronounced Singh dead.
The condition of Neeraj was stated to be serious. On being informed, the local police rushed to the spot and after preliminary inquiry suspected the murder to be a revenge killing. The cops said that Singh was involved in the murder of Mukesh and it was likely that the latter’s kin may have orchestrated the attack.
A case was registered in this regard and some suspects were detained for interrogation. Meanwhile, in Rampur, Firasat of Barakhas area of Shahjadnagar was arrested by the police on charges slaughtering a cow on March 12 and was later sent to Rampur district jail. On Monday, the condition of Firasat became critical after which he was admitted to the jail hospital. When the condition further deteriorated, he was rushed to the district hospital where he died late Tuesday night.