UP cop succumbs a month after being shot by men who wanted to kill BJP functionary’s son

AGRA:

Harvendra Singh

, a 32-year-old

UP police constable

, who was "accidentally" shot at by a group of men on a "revenge" mission to kill the son of a former BJP district president of Mainpuri four weeks ago, succumbed to his injuries in Agra on Saturday morning. The constable was deployed as a gunner with Shivam Chauhan, the son of the

BJP functionary

.


Mainpuri police have, meanwhile, arrested one

Bhola Rathor

, a member of the assailant team involved in the cop’s killing. He was hurt after a brief encounter. Sub-inspector

Jogender Yadav

was also injured, police said. Police have announced rewards of Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 against the main accused Anshu Gaur and Guddu Chauhan, respectively, for their arrest.

During interrogation, Bhola, a resident of Farrukhabad, told police that a six-member team was formed to eliminate Shivam. Guddu wanted to take revenge for a long pending dispute, and his close friend Gaur was also part of the plot. Executing the plan, all six men went to kill Shivam, but they shot at his gunner, who was not in his uniform.

When Guddu broke into the car’s window to ensure Shivam was dead, he found an injured person inside, who was not the "actual target".

Mainpuri SP Ajay Kumar said that an FIR was registered against unidentified persons. Attackers wore masks and helmets when they shot 15 to 20 rounds at Shivam’s car but later with the help of CCTV footage and surveillance team, the police were able to track down one of the accused. The other accused will be picked up in the next 24 hours, Kumar added.

He pointed out that Guddu, Gaur and the other members of the team were involved in several criminal cases in the past. Notably, Shivam's father Madan Chauhan was killed in January 2017, when he was sitting outside his petrol pump.

Harvendra, the deceased cop, had joined the police force in 2011. He was a resident of Agra and is survived by his wife and two children. SP Kumar said that his family will be provided all necessary financial help according to the government norms.