Over 20 children, who had been held hostage by a man at his house in Uttar Pradesh’s Farukkhabad have been rescued and the hostage-taker, Subhash Batham, shot dead in the rescue operation, said a senior state official.
Police personnel at the hostage site in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad on Thursday night. The hostage taker was killed. (HT PHOTO.)
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“Batham shot dead in the rescue operation,” said Mohit Agarwal, IG Kanpur. Additional chief secretary, (Home), Avanish Awasthi confirmed the killing and added that “all children have been rescued”.
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Batham allegedly invited the children over to his place on Thursday evening on the pretext of a birthday party and then held them hostage. When some local people tried to open the door, he started firing from inside injuring three policemen and a villager. Batham even hurled a low-intensity bomb from the window.
He told negotiators that he had 30 kg of explosives with him.
Police said Batham had sent out a typed complaint addressed to the district magistrate that alleged that he had been denied a house and a toilet under the Central housing scheme for poor. His letter indicated that he had planned the act well in advance, said the police.
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Top state police officers including IG Kanpur range had been monitoring the hostage crisis and a team of commandoes had also been summoned.
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Top state police officers including IG Kanpur range had been monitoring the hostage crisis and a team of commandoes had also been summoned.
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Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath had also convened an emergency meeting at his official residence to take stock of the situation.
The villagers said 20-25 children had been held hostage.
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