Police jeep torched after retd cop, son shot dead
GORAKHPUR: Unidentified people shot dead a 60-year-old retired police inspector and his son in the Gobdaur area under Jangha police station in Gorakhpur on Tuesday, police said. The double murder triggered violence by a mob which set a police jeep afire and pelted police personnel with stones, police added. The mob also blocked a road, demanding arrest of the killers. Personal enmity is suspected to be the motive for the killings.
GORAKHPUR: Unidentified people shot dead a 60-year-old retired police inspector and his son in the Gobdaur area under Jangha police station in Gorakhpur on Tuesday, police said.
The double murder triggered violence by a mob which set a police jeep afire and pelted police personnel with stones, police added.
The mob also blocked a road, demanding arrest of the killers. Personal enmity is suspected to be the motive for the killings.
The incident took place when Jai Hind Yadav, the retired police inspector and his son Nagendra Yadav, 25, were returning home on their bike after attending a court hearing related to the murder of Jai Hind ‘s elder brother who was shot dead ago over personal enmity two years ago, police added.
Police said two bike-borne persons intercepted Jai Hind and Nagendra near Glykol Pulia under the Jangha police station. They first opened fire on Nagendra, who was riding the bike, and then chased and shot Jai Hind when he attempted to escape. Police faced villagers’ anger when they tried to send the bodies for post-mortem.
The villagers pelted then with stones, set a police jeep on fire and raised slogans against the police for failing to act against the killers. District magistrate Vijyendra Pandian and senior superintendent of police Shalabh Mathur reached the site with heavy force.
Mathur said the situation was now under control but police and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel were deployed in the region as precautionary measure.
“Probe is on and the culprits will be arrested soon,” said the SSP.
THE MOB ALSO BLOCKED A ROAD, DEMANDING ARREST OF THE KILLERS. PERSONAL ENMITY IS SUSPECTED TO BE THE MOTIVE FOR THE KILLINGS.