Journalism of Courage
A police Station House Officer was among two persons shot dead in mob violence Monday in a Bulandshahr village in western UP where cars were torched and policemen attacked by men alleging slaughter of cows and demanding immediate action. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
Police opened fire after the mob began stoning policemen at the police chowki in Siyana village. A battered helmet, a torched Tata Sumo and glass shards lie merely 500 metres from Chingravati police booth in Bulandshahr’s Siyana town. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
SHO Subodh Kumar Singh, who was injured and was attacked again while being taken to hospital, died before he could be treated — a video clip that did the rounds showed the Inspector’s body in a Tata Sumo vehicle while protesters recorded the scene. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
Another policeman accompanying Singh sustained critical injuries and was referred to a hospital in Meerut. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
A bystander, who police identified as a youth named Sumit, died of a gunshot injury as the two sides traded fire. Police believe Sumit, an undergraduate student at a government college, was not part of the protest. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the incident and an FIR has been filed under various IPC sections, including murder.(Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
District officials said people showed up in tractors with what they alleged were cow carcasses, and demanded immediate action in the matter. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
Moving to dispel rumours of any communal angle, police said the incident was not linked to the conclusion of the Ijtema, a three-day religious congregation for which hundreds of Muslims had gathered in Bulandshahr. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
Late Monday night, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced Rs 50 lakh assistance to the family members of Subodh Kumar Singh. In pic: Wife of police officer Subodh Kumar at Bulandshahr police line (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
The government also promised a job to a family member as well as “extraordinary” pension for the dependent family members. In pic: Son of police officer Subodh Kumar (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
A resident of Tarigawa village in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district, Subodh was the son of Ram Pratap Singh, who also served in the UP Police. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
Subodh’s wife Rajni and two children Shrey and Abhishek – one in school and another in an engineering college – live in Noida. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)
