The incident occurred when a police team went to a village in Nagla Dheemar in Sidhpura to serve warrant on a wanted criminal linked to an illegal liquor manufacturing unit
A person was shot dead by police in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district, police said on Wednesday morning, hours after some miscreants beat to death a constable and left a sub-inspector seriously wounded. The incident occurred when a police team went to a village to serve warrant on a wanted criminal linked to an illegal liquor manufacturing unit.
While SI Ashok Kumar, who was allegedly held hostage by the miscreants, was found in an injured condition by his colleagues, constable Devendra died due to the assault, officials said.
The officer was seen being carried by two colleagues from what appeared to be a field. The officer did not have his uniform on when found. It is not clear if the police personnel were ambushed and by how many suspects.
Kasganj District Magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh said the constable…