In the case of murder of a Dalit youth, the police have arrested two accused during an encounter. One accused was injured by a bullet in retaliatory action by the police. On July 8, Suraj was attacked with sticks and iron rods, after which he died during treatment.
After the death of a Dalit youth resident of village Bhainsia Jwalapur, who was injured in the fight, the police arrested two accused youths during an encounter on Friday night. One accused was injured by police bullets and is admitted in the district hospital.
On July 8, Ranjit, son of late Mohan Lal, resident of village Bhainsia Jwalapur, filed a report against eight people, naming three people of village Saktua. It was alleged in the report that his brother Suraj (19) was injured by eight youths on the Nainital highway by beating him with sticks and iron rods.
CO Ravindra Pratap Singh said that on Friday the police arrested Imran and Rizwan, residents of village Saktua and Nitin, resident of village Tamra, who came to light. After this, Suraj died during treatment in Rudrapur hospital on Friday night.
According to the CO, Kotwali in-charge Balwan Singh was patrolling with his team late on Friday night. On the Nainital highway, an informer informed that two youths related to the incident of Dalit youth Suraj were seen on the road near GD Goenka School in village Dibdiba, adjacent to the Uttarakhand border.
After this, the police surrounded Shakir son of Mohammad Sabir, resident of Mohalla Paharganj, Ward No. 15, Police Station Rudrapur Udham Singh Nagar and Vishal son of Rajkumar, village Tamra and tried to catch them. According to the Kotwali in-charge, at 2:45 in the night, both the youths started entering the guava orchard on the roadside.
During this, Shakir fired at the police party with a pistol, in which the policemen narrowly escaped. During this, the police retaliated in self-defense. The police bullet hit Shakir’s right calf due to which he got injured and fell on the spot.
The police caught the accused. A pistol and two cartridges were recovered from the accused’s possession, while Vishal was caught from a guava orchard. It is claimed that two cartridges have been recovered from Vishal.
The police brought the injured Shakir to the community health center. After this, the doctors referred him to the district hospital. The police have taken action to arrest both the accused youths. Senior officials also inspected the spot at night.
The forensic team also reached the spot and collected evidence. CO Ravindra Pratap Singh said that so far five people have been arrested in the assault incident. The police is conducting raids to arrest the remaining accused, who will be arrested soon.
Published by: Vimal Sharma
Courtesy: Hindi News