Mob set fire to the house of a Muslim youth in Bareilly over kidnapping of a girl, 3 policemen suspended

In Bareilly, UP, villagers attacked the house of a Muslim youth over the kidnapping of a girl. Not only this, the mob vandalized his house and set it on fire. Police said that this attack was done on the allegation of kidnapping of a boy by the Muslim youth.

According to a news agency report, an official said that after receiving information about the vandalism in Chandupura Shivnagar village of Sirauli area on Friday night, the police reached the spot but the angry mob attacked the police as well.

three policemen suspended

On Saturday, the SHO of Sirauli police station and two other policemen were suspended by the SSP of the district on charges of negligence in this incident. Bareilly SSP Anurag Arya said that on July 29, a person named Meku Lal’s daughter (age-20 years) and 21-year-old Saddam were reported missing in Chandupura Shivnagar. He had lodged a complaint at the police station on August 1.

SSP Arya said that on the request of the woman’s father and villagers, the girl was handed over to her family, Meku Lal had said in writing that he did not want to lodge any complaint against the youth. The SSP said that on the consent of the girl, she was handed over to the family and Saddam was detained for questioning.

The mob attacked the accused’s house at night

Despite this, at around 11 pm on Friday night, the mob broke into Saddam’s house, vandalised it and set it on fire. He said that when the police reached the spot after getting information about the incident, the mob attacked them too. He said that after this, cross FIRs have been filed by both the parties.

The SSP also said that Sirauli police station SHO Luv Sirohi, sub-inspector Satyaveer Singh and a constable were suspended on Saturday morning for negligence in the case and not registering an FIR.