JAMMU, Dec 18: Uneasy calm continue to prevail at Bishnah, where killing of a civilian had led to clash between police and locals on Saturday night. Following the directions of the SSP Jammu Anand Jain, police under the supervision of SP (Headquarters) Shalinder Singh shifted the body of the victim to Government Medical College (GMC) for post mortem.
The post mortem was conducted in presence of SP (Headquarters)Tension had gripped Bishnah after a civilian Mohan Lal was murdered and his three sons were injured by a group of bovine smugglers near their house at village. Agitated mob had attacked police station with stones and bricks causing it extensive damage. Police had to use teargassing and lathicharge to defuse the situation.
Police sources and eyewitness account revealed that Tilak Raj and his associates including his brother Sham Lal and sons among others had laid a naka for Mohan Lal and his sons outside their house at village Chak Harnia in Bishnah on Saturday evening.
When Mohan Lal and his sons were heading towards their house, the accused attacked them with sharp edged weapons killing Mohan Lal son of Chaman Lal on spot and causing injuries to his three sons Puran Chand, Kuldeep Kumar and Roop Lal.
Later a police party led by SP (Headquarters) Shalindra Singh had reached the spot and had tried to pacify the agitation.
“It was the presence of Shalindra Singh and his swift action that situation was brought under control. Otherwise there was total mayhem in the area. The officer has been working hard since past one year to eradicate the liquor and bovine mafia from the area”, said Sham Lal, a local.
He said that since Shalindra Singh has taken over the charge of the area, there has been dip in the cases of bovine smuggling and illicit liquor.
“He is a very tough officer and has taken many daring steps to eradicate the menace from the area”, said Ravi Kumar, another local.
Soon after the incident, SSP Jammu Anand Jain had ordered suspension of SHO Bishnah Inspector Satish Kumar for de-reliction of duty and replaced him with Inspector Bharat Sharma.
The people also claimed that police had reports of an impending group clash in Bishnah but they didn’t intervene timely to avert it. The police station was damaged extensively in the mob fury. Police resorted to lathicharge and lobbed teargas shells to disperse the crowd. There were reports that a couple of shots were also fired in the air but police didn’t confirm the firing.
Police have, meanwhile, registered a case of murder against Tilak Raj, his brother Sham Lal, both sons of Mir Chand R/o Chak Harnia, two sons of Tilak Raj identified as Sonu and Anil Kumar and their five to seven unidentified associates at Bishnah police station. |
No comments:
Post a Comment