Less than a month after a group of right-wing fanatics killed Police Officer Subodh Kumar Singh in Bulandshahr, another cop has lost his life in a stone pelting incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur. Suresh Vats was reportedly deployed at the rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he was lynched to death by an angry mob.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a compensation of Rs 40 lakh for Vats’ spouse and Rs 10 lakh for his parents. Journalist Prashant Kumar tweeted, “Another cop LYNCHED in UP. A constable posted on duty during PM Modi’s rally in Ghazipur was stoned to death by yet another frenzied mob! CM Yogi announces a compensation of 50 Lakh for the kin of the constable.”
BIG BREAKING: Another cop LYNCHED in UP. A constable posted on duty during PM Modi’s rally in Ghazipur was stoned to death by yet another frenzied mob! CM Yogi announces a compensation of 50 Lakh for the kin of the constable. pic.twitter.com/LB4DIKbkL8
— Prashant Kumar (@scribe_prashant) December 29, 2018
According to information available, policemen including Vats were returning from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Ghazipur when they were asked to intervene at the protest organised by the Nishad community in Nonhara police station. The members of the Nishad community had blocked the highway demanding reservation. The protesters started pelting stones at the cops after they arrived at the scene.
Earlier visuals from Ghazipur: 1 constable dead & 2 locals from the area injured in stone pelting allegedly by Nishad Party workers near Atwa Mor police station in Naunera area today. pic.twitter.com/FAGzcFSyUe
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 29, 2018
The news of Vats’ death has evoked angry reactions on social media.
आदित्यनाथ के महाजंगलराज में न जनता सुरक्षित है,ना ही पुलिस!
आज ग़ाज़ीपुर में मोदीजी की रैली के बाद,भीड़ ने पुलिस कांस्टेबल,सुरेश वत्स की हत्या निर्मम की।
इसके पहले इन्सपेक्टर सुबोध कुमार सिंह की भीड़ ने हत्या की,जिसे CM ने ‘दुर्घटना’ क़रार दिया!
BJP राज में लोकतंत्र=भीड़तंत्र! pic.twitter.com/riYydXKzeI
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) December 29, 2018
Shocking shocking!! https://t.co/xGZSIx5sNe
— Mahesh Langa (@LangaMahesh) December 29, 2018
Do duty. Get lynched. Family gets compensation. Matter ends.
Repeat in loop.
Jai Hind, New India Mubarak https://t.co/iSgYY3WugN
— Sandeep Manudhane (@sandeep_PT) December 29, 2018
Is this the new normal for Uttar Pradesh? No words to express my anguish at the depths of lawlessness that UP has fallen into. https://t.co/2MnxUJ04Tg
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) December 29, 2018
The jungle raj of Yogi. This is what happens when you give license to cow terrorists https://t.co/GzzbWmN3YK
— Swati Chaturvedi (@bainjal) December 29, 2018
