Bulandshahr violence: SSP, two different officials transferred

Lucknow Dec 8 The Uttar Pradesh government Saturday transferred Bulandshahr SSP Krishna Bahadur Singh to the DGP office here, five days after two people, including an inspector, were killed in savagery following an alleged cow slaughter incident.

Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar said that the Senior Superintendent of Police will be replaced by Sitapur SP Prabhakar Chaudhary.

The government transferred two other policemen of Bulandshahr - Circle Officer Syana Satya Prakash Sharma and Chingravati police chowki in-control Suresh Kumar.

Additional Director General (ADG) Intelligence SB Shiradkar had Friday presented a give an account of the savagery. The exchanges are comprehended to be in accordance with the discoveries of the provide details regarding police handling of the situation.

On December 3, Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a local youth, Sumit, were killed in violence over an alleged cow slaughter incident in the city.

The inspector and his team had gone to the village to handle the violence when they came under attack.

Singh was the investigating officer of the Dadri lynching case from September 28, 2015 to November 9, 2015. In any case, the chargesheet had been filed by a different IO in March, 2016.

Police have arrested nine accused in the Bulandshahr case however the main plotter, Yogesh Raj, the district convener of the Bajrang Dal, is on the run.

In a video that surfaced online on Wednesday, Raj had claimed innocence.

Another suspect is Jeetu Fauji, and a police group has been sent to Jammu to catch him, a senior officer said.

Another inquiry by a government-constituted SIT is underway, and the group is really expounding and video film of the episode, the officer said.

Also, a magisterial probe had been ordered by the government into the incidents.