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Assailants shoot at Meerut agri university dean, Deoband jail staffs
Unidentified assailants shot at Agriculture University dean Prof Rajbeer Singh in Meerut and the jailor and two other staffs of the Deoband jail on Friday night.
MEERUT: In two separate incidents, unidentified assailants shot at Agriculture University dean Prof Rajbeer Singh in Meerut and the jailor and two other staffs of the Deoband jail on Friday night, police said.
Prof Rajbeer Singh, who hails from Heva village of Meerut district, was returning from University on Friday late evening when two motorcycle borne unidentified criminals overtook his car and forced him to stop. Both the assailants were wearing helmet to conceal their identity. They opened fire at Prof Rajbeer Singh and fled.
Meerut senior superintendent of police (SSP), Prabhakar Choudhary, said that Prof Rajbeer Singh received 3 bullet injuries and 4 empty shells of cartridges were found on the spot.
The university students and teachers rushed to the spot after receiving information about the incident and admitted seriously injured Singh in a private hospital.
SSP said that the condition of Prof Singh is critical. “ Police teams have been formed to investigate the incident and identify the assailants”, said SSP adding that no clue about assailants has been received yet. “Prof Singh was unable to speak and family members also have not shared any info about the suspects”, said SSP adding that the assailants will be identified and arrested soon.
In another incident, unidentified criminals opened fire at the jailor and other staff of the Deoband jail on Friday night when the jailer, Reevan Singh, was strolling inside his official residence premises after having dinner along with two other jail staffs.
The station house officer (SHO) of Deoband police station, Prabhakar Saud, said that 5 persons, including the 2 main assailants, have been arrested. He said that some visitors came to meet one criminal Neetu, lodged in the jail, on Thursday but the jail staff denied them permission, which led to an altercation between them. Two of them opened fire on Friday night to terrorise the jail staffs, police said.
