CISF personnel battered to death, looted in Panki area; two arrested

Kanpur: A 40-year-old Central Industrial Security Force ( CISF ) personnel was battered to death after being allegedly robbed off his SUV in Panki area of the district on Tuesday evening. The two accused were arrested in the loot and murder case on Wednesday.

As per reports, CISF sub-inspector Ramveer Singh posted at an under-construction Panki power plant had a dispute with the two accused on Tuesday evening.

Thereafter, the duo, in an inebriated state, took away Singh’s SUV and battered him to death. They later dumped his body in Panki canal in Mirzapur and escaped.

The accused have been identified as Mohan Verma of Ratanpur colony and Saurabh Singh Kushwaha of Shiv nagar colony of Kanpur.

Subsequently, after the recovery of Singh’s body, an investigation was launched. The police team received a tip-off that the duo were in Shivrajpur and were trying to escape a neighbouring district. The police chased and managed to nab the Mohan and Saurabh on Tuesday night.

“During the recovery of murder weapon around 5 am on Wednesday, one of the accused tried to snatch a gun from a sub-inspector leading to a fire shot. The bullet, however, missed the target and the police team fired in retaliation. Both the accused sustained bullet injuries in their legs, while the police team escaped unhurt,” said SP (west) Dr Anil Kumar.

Mohan and Saurabh were admitted to a community health centre in Bara Sirohi area amid tight police presence.

A looted Scorpio and the SI’s firearm were recovered from their possession.

“An FIR against the accused has been lodged at Panki police station under relevant sections of IPC and further investigations are underway in this regard,”said SP Kumar.