Bulandshahr violence: UP govt transfers ASP; Army jawan arrested

Lucknow: The UP government Sunday transferred Raees Akhtar, who was posted as additional superintendent of police (rural) in Bulandshahr, six days after two people died in mob violence in the district following an alleged cow slaughter incident.
In a statement issued here, 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. The development comes close on the heels of the arrest of an Army jawan allegedly involved in the killing of a police inspector during the mob violence. “The Army handed over Jitendra Malik to Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force team in Meerut yesterday late night,” IG STF Amitabh Yash told PTI.
On December 3, a mob of some 400 people rampaged through a village in Bulandshahr apparently after cow carcasses were found in a jungle nearby.
During the violence, Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh and a 20-year-old man died of gunshot wounds. Singh and his team had gone to the area to tackle the violence when they came under attack by the mob. (PTI)