Heads start to roll in Bulandshahr Police Dept. Many from SSP to Chowki Incharge transferred after Cop slain.

MEERUT: In the first major reshuffle in Bulandshahr violence case, SSP Krishna Bahadur Singh has been attached to Lucknow headquarters. Circle Officer (CO) Syana Satyaprakash Sharma has been transferred to Moradabad while Chingrawati Chowki (epicentre of violence) incharge Suresh Kumar has been sent to Lalitpur.

DGP office has released a press statement to this effect. According to police sources based in Lucknow, the decision was taken by the CM office against the officers for failing to control the violence on Monday that led to the killing of Syana police station officer Subodh Kumar Singh and an agitator Sumit Kumar. The violence broke out following reports of an alleged cow slaughter in the nearby Mahav village fields.

Prabhakar Chaudhary has been appointed as the new SSP of Bulandshahr. There are reports that police has also taken custody of Army man Jeetu Chaudhary who is named in the FIR and has now emerged as the prime suspect in the shooting down of police inspector. However, police sources are tight-lipped on the development.