GHAZIABAD: Ten days later seven youths, all Muslims, were shot in the leg at almost the same spot and arrested for alleged cow smuggling. Last year Circle officer (CO) has revealed that one of them was a minor and was sent to jail instead of a juvenile centre.
Ghaziabad orders departmental inquiry SSP Pawan Kumar against former Loni Border SHO Rajendra Tyagi, who led the operation, the minor’s family had claimed that he had presented his Aadhaar card as age proof to the police after his arrest, but ignored it. was given.
According to the report submitted by Loni CO Rajnish Kumar Upadhyay on Sunday, the boy is 16 years old but in the FIR registered under Tyagi’s supervision, his age has been given as 18 years. boy’s age not confirmed
SSP Kumar said, “We will present the investigation report in the court so that the boy can be sent to the juvenile centre.”
Kumar said the probe was also probing other aspects of the ‘encounter’, and whether it was even necessary. “I have asked the CO to inquire into the sequence of events, how did Tyagi get information about cow smuggling and did he inform other senior officials. The CO will also visit the encounter site to find out whether Tyagi and his team, which includes eight other policemen, could have made the arrest without firing a shot. Upadhyay said that he would submit another report in this regard to the SSP after a thorough investigation.
According to the FIR registered by the Loni Border Police after the incident, at around 6.12 am on November 11, they received information about cow slaughter from a person named Adil, whose father had rented a godown for scrap to Amir near Behta Hajipur about six months ago. Had given. Collection and washing of industrial drums.
Within 20 minutes of the information, a team of Loni Border Police Station led by Tyagi reached the spot. As the police vehicle entered the godown, Aamir fled with his accomplices Bhura, Danish, Sonu and two or three others, while the seven accused – Mustakim, Salman, Monu, Intezaar, Bolar, Nazim and the minor boy – shot at Police started, the police said in its FIR. The police retaliated 16 times, in which all the seven youths were injured. Country-made pistols, live cartridges, a vehicle and parts of a cow were recovered and the accused were prosecuted under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of an unlawful assembly). pleaded guilty. Common object) and 307 (attempted murder).
Loni CO said in his report that after the arrest, the police had sent the dead body to the forensic lab, which confirmed that the body was of cows.
Meanwhile, the minor boy’s mother alleged that the police had implicated her son. “My husband died 11 years ago, after which my elder son started working as a daily wage labourer. My younger son started working with him in the last three years. He was cleaning the drums in the godown for the last three-four months. I also met my son in jail and he told me that he was just doing his job when the police came… they have defamed him in a fake case. He is innocent. A thorough investigation should be done,” she said.
For the past few days, the incident of November 11 has been embroiled in controversies. Two days after the ‘encounter’, Tyagi was transferred to the Indirapuram police station, but refused to take charge, instead going on leave without informing his superiors. In a general diary entry that he purportedly posted on social media, he alleged that he was fired because of the firing, which had “brought down” his morale. The photo went viral, after which he was suspended on 16 November.
Tyagi was supported by Loni MLA Nandkishore Gurjar, who wrote to the SSP asking him to repost. Gurjar said in his letter that instead of transferring Tyagi, senior officers should have been honored.
Case registered against MLA for ‘inciting enmity’
Meanwhile, a case was registered against Dhaulana MLA Aslam Choudhary after a video clip surfaced on Sunday, which showed him questioning the Loni ‘encounter’ and accusing Gurjar of supporting Tyagi.
Iraj Raja, SP (rural) said that IPC sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 505 (whoever makes a statement, rumor or report, publishes or disseminates) and 153A (enmity between different groups) at Mussoorie police station. An FIR has been registered under promotion. religion, race, place of birth, residence, language and doing such acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony).
Ghaziabad orders departmental inquiry SSP Pawan Kumar against former Loni Border SHO Rajendra Tyagi, who led the operation, the minor’s family had claimed that he had presented his Aadhaar card as age proof to the police after his arrest, but ignored it. was given.
According to the report submitted by Loni CO Rajnish Kumar Upadhyay on Sunday, the boy is 16 years old but in the FIR registered under Tyagi’s supervision, his age has been given as 18 years. boy’s age not confirmed
SSP Kumar said, “We will present the investigation report in the court so that the boy can be sent to the juvenile centre.”
Kumar said the probe was also probing other aspects of the ‘encounter’, and whether it was even necessary. “I have asked the CO to inquire into the sequence of events, how did Tyagi get information about cow smuggling and did he inform other senior officials. The CO will also visit the encounter site to find out whether Tyagi and his team, which includes eight other policemen, could have made the arrest without firing a shot. Upadhyay said that he would submit another report in this regard to the SSP after a thorough investigation.
According to the FIR registered by the Loni Border Police after the incident, at around 6.12 am on November 11, they received information about cow slaughter from a person named Adil, whose father had rented a godown for scrap to Amir near Behta Hajipur about six months ago. Had given. Collection and washing of industrial drums.
Within 20 minutes of the information, a team of Loni Border Police Station led by Tyagi reached the spot. As the police vehicle entered the godown, Aamir fled with his accomplices Bhura, Danish, Sonu and two or three others, while the seven accused – Mustakim, Salman, Monu, Intezaar, Bolar, Nazim and the minor boy – shot at Police started, the police said in its FIR. The police retaliated 16 times, in which all the seven youths were injured. Country-made pistols, live cartridges, a vehicle and parts of a cow were recovered and the accused were prosecuted under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of an unlawful assembly). pleaded guilty. Common object) and 307 (attempted murder).
Loni CO said in his report that after the arrest, the police had sent the dead body to the forensic lab, which confirmed that the body was of cows.
Meanwhile, the minor boy’s mother alleged that the police had implicated her son. “My husband died 11 years ago, after which my elder son started working as a daily wage labourer. My younger son started working with him in the last three years. He was cleaning the drums in the godown for the last three-four months. I also met my son in jail and he told me that he was just doing his job when the police came… they have defamed him in a fake case. He is innocent. A thorough investigation should be done,” she said.
For the past few days, the incident of November 11 has been embroiled in controversies. Two days after the ‘encounter’, Tyagi was transferred to the Indirapuram police station, but refused to take charge, instead going on leave without informing his superiors. In a general diary entry that he purportedly posted on social media, he alleged that he was fired because of the firing, which had “brought down” his morale. The photo went viral, after which he was suspended on 16 November.
Tyagi was supported by Loni MLA Nandkishore Gurjar, who wrote to the SSP asking him to repost. Gurjar said in his letter that instead of transferring Tyagi, senior officers should have been honored.
Case registered against MLA for ‘inciting enmity’
Meanwhile, a case was registered against Dhaulana MLA Aslam Choudhary after a video clip surfaced on Sunday, which showed him questioning the Loni ‘encounter’ and accusing Gurjar of supporting Tyagi.
Iraj Raja, SP (rural) said that IPC sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 505 (whoever makes a statement, rumor or report, publishes or disseminates) and 153A (enmity between different groups) at Mussoorie police station. An FIR has been registered under promotion. religion, race, place of birth, residence, language and doing such acts prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony).
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