Assault on army veteran: ADM gunner arrested

THE POLICE ARE YET TO ACT AGAINST THE ADM OR HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ACCUSED IN THE CASE

NOIDA: Police on Sunday arrested the gunner of an additional district magistrate (ADM), who along with his wife, son and four others, was booked for assaulting a 76-year-old army veteran.

The police are yet to act against the ADM or his family members accused in the case. Circle officer 1 Avnish Kumar, the investigating officer in the case, said, “All efforts are being made to arrest the accused named in the FIR. We will take action as per procedure”.

Virendra Pratap Singh Chauhan, a retired colonel belonging to elite 1 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) of Indian Army, is currently in jail after the ADM’S wife had filed a case of molestation and under provisions of the SC/ST Atrocities Act against him.

The gunner, Rahul Nagar, a native of Sadat Nagar in Ghaziabad, was arrested by Sector 20 police on Sunday.

On Saturday, the police had arrested Jitendra Awasthi Bachchan, who works as a household help of the ADM in Noida’s Sector 29. Both Nagar and Bachchan are among seven accused named by the Noida Police for allegedly attempting to murder retired Chauhan on the morning of August 14 at Sector 29.

“We nabbed Nagar from Shahid Smarak Sthal in Sector 29. Both Nagar and Bachchan have been charged for attempt to murder, intentional insult, criminal intimidation, criminal trespass and rioting for allegedly assaulting the retired colonel,” a Noida Police spokesperson said.