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serve a warrant on alleged liquor mafia kingpin Moti Singh Dhimar on Tuesday evening.
“Police constable Devendra Jasawat was beaten to death and sub-inspector Ashok Pal was injured after being taken hostage when both had gone to Nagla Dhimar village under Sidhpura police station of Kasganj district on Tuesday evening for action against liquor mafia Moti Singh Dhimar, a history-sheeter,” Sonkar said.
“The sub-inspector and the constable were taken hostage by the mafia before the brutal attack. The accused took away the service revolver of the subinspector. About half-a-dozen goons were believed to have attacked the policemen with sharp weapons,” the Kasganj SP said.
The constable’s body was found lying on farmland by police personnel from Sidhpura police station after a search on Tuesday night.
The injured sub- inspector was found at another spot with his uniform torn and service revolver looted. He was taken to the community health centre initially but was later referred to Aligarh because of his serious injuries.
A case was registered against Moti Singh Dhimar and his brother Elkar Singh and others after the injured sub-inspector said about half-a-dozen people were involved in the attack on the policemen, who had reached the village on a motorcycle on Tuesday evening.
Additional director general (ADG) (Agra zone) Ajay Anand and inspector general (Aligarh range) Piyush Mordia had reached Kasganj and heavy police force, besides Provincial Armed Constabulary, was deployed in the village.
Anand said teams were constituted to nab the main accused Moti Singh, a history-sheeter who has been on the police radar in the past too. Property attachment proceedings were initiated against him in September 2020, he said.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had taken a serious note of the killing of the constable and ordered stringent action against the accused, including under the National Security Act.
“The state government has zero tolerance for crime and criminals. Strict action be taken against those guilty without any compromise on the law-and-order situation in the state,” the chief minister said in a press statement released on Tuesday evening after the incident.
Kasganj district magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh stated that in compliance with the chief minister’s directive, an announcement had been made for financial relief of Rs 50 lakh for family members of the deceased constable and a job to a family member.
Police officials evaded a specific answer to the question as to why only two police personnel had gone to the village of the main accused, who had 11 cases including that of murder, against him.
Forensic experts reached the spot on the outskirts of the village where the two policemen were attacked and taken hostage. Police recovered batons (lathis) and iron rod. There were signs of material used in brewing illicit liquor.
The belt between Ganga and Kali rivers is notorious for the brewing of illicit liquor.