Four persons have been arrested and four detained after a police officer was shot dead allegedly by a mob that surrounded policemen at a village in western Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, including the main accused, identified as Yogesh Raj. Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh, before he was shot dead, reportedly tried to control mob violence in the village after carcasses of 25 cows were found in forests close to a police post. A local man was also killed in an hour of violence provoked by allegations of cow slaughter. The mob also burned down a police station and set fire to several vehicles.
Video footage, recorded from a cellphone, shows Subodh Kumar Singh's limp body in his car with its windscreen shattered and doors open.
A post mortem report confirmed that Mr Singh died of bullet injuries. The mob that allegedly killed him took away his service gun and mobile phone as well.
BSP leader Mayawati hit out at the BJP over the violence in Bulandshehr. "The BJP is responsible for providing sanction to all kinds of chaos," said Mayawati in a statement.
Efforts are on to identify the men seen in the video. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked for a preliminary report over the incident within two days. A compensation of Rs 40 lakh was also announced for his wife, Rs 10 lakh for his parents as well as a government job for a family member.
Here are the highlights on the Bulandshahr violence in Uttar Pradesh:
Dec 04, 2018 18:31 (IST)
National Human Rights Commission or NHRC issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the killing of two people, including the officer.
Dec 04, 2018 17:15 (IST)
Government is taking up proper steps and an order for investigation has been given. Stringent actions will be taken against the culprits: Dinesh Sharma, UP Deputy Chief Minister
Dec 04, 2018 16:55 (IST)
Incident that took place yesterday is condemnable. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has given orders for probe. I hope truth will be out in 2 days as he said. Strict action will be taken against those who committed this crime.Whatever may be the reason, such incidents can't be allowed: Governor Ram Naik
Dec 04, 2018 16:47 (IST)
It appears to be a pre-planned incident. In western Uttar Pradesh, using cow slaughter as issue, there were attempts in the past to create communal tensions when polls were approaching. Everyone remembers how in Muzaffarnagar, riots took place in 2013 before Lok Sabha polls: Prakash Karat
Dec 04, 2018 16:45 (IST)
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called for a meeting with officials today at his residence over law and order situation in the state, reports news agency ANI.
Dec 04, 2018 16:11 (IST)
He worked with utter honesty and took all the responsibility on himself. This is not the first incident, he had bullet injury twice before. But now nobody is giving him justice. Justice will be done only if his killers are killed: Subodh Singh's wife