Bulandshahr: Another cop transferred, jawan arrested

BULANDSHAHR/LUCKNOW: THE SOLDIER, JEETENDRA MALIK ALIAS JEETU FAUJI, HAS BEEN SENT TO 14-DAY

JUDICIAL CUSTODY

The UP government on Sunday transferred Raees Akhtar, who was posted as additional superintendent of police (rural) in Bulandshahr, six days after two people, including a police inspector, died in mob violence in the district following an alleged cow slaughter incident.

In a statement issued in the state capital, principal secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar said Akhtar has been transferred to PAC Headquarters in Lucknow.

Manish Mishra, posted as additional superintendent of police at modern control room, Ghaziabad, has been made the new ASP (rural) of Bulandshahr.

Meanwhile, an army soldier, Jeetendra Malik alias Jeetu Fauji, accused of killing the police inspector and arrested past midnight after his unit handed him over to the UP police for investigation, has been sent to 14-day judicial custody.

“We’ve arrested Army jawan Jeetendra Malik. Preliminary interrogation has been done,” senior superintendent of police, Special Task Force, Abhishek Singh said, reported ANI news agency.

Malik was brought to Meerut by his unit based in Kashmir’s Sopore and handed over to the STF after completion of necessary formalities with local army officials.

He was taken to Bulandshahr subsequently and handed over to the special investigation team probing the killing of inspector Subodh Kumar Singh in the violence that broke out in Bulandshahr last Monday.