'My son was shot dead, his killer must go same way,' says head of family gunned down in Amethi
Amethi (UP) (PTI): Ram Gopal, four members of whose family were gunned down by an unknown assailant, on Friday said his son's killer(s) must meet the same fate.
Sunil Kumar, 35, a government school teacher, his 32-year-old wife Poonam, and the couple's two daughters, Drishti and Suni, aged 6 and 1, were shot dead at their rented home in Ahorwa Bhawani area here Thursday evening.
The killer has been suspected to be a man who once was accused by Poonam of harassing her.
The brazen wipeout of the Dalit family drew the attention of authorities.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his condolences, while the opposition launched a sharp attack against the BJP dispensation over the law and order in the state.
An initial police probe revealed that Poonam had lodged a police complaint against Chandan Verma in Rae Bareli on August 18 under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, and for harassment.
"If anything happens to me or my family, Verma should be held responsible for it," she had written in the complaint, Amethi Superintendent of Police Anoop Kumar Singh said Thursday.
It was yet to be determined if the two cases are related, he also said.
"The way my son has gone, they (killers) should go the same way," Ram Gopal, whose son was the sole breadwinner of the family, said on Friday.
"With my son gone, I am left with no one to take care of the house," he said. "I am over 60 years old and I have one more son, who lives separately. If he can get a job, it would be good," he urged the government.
Ram Gopal said he does not know who Chandan Verma is or if he is the one who did the killings.
"I am a Harijan and I don't know what caste he is," he told reporters outside the mortuary here.
He, however, recalled his daughter-in-law once telling him that she had lodged a police complaint against him.
"Had any action been taken, this would not have happened today," Ram Gopal said.
Meanwhile, a three-member team of doctors conducted the post mortem of the bodies in Amethi under videography.
Ram Gopal later took all four bodies to his native village, Sudamapur, in Rae Bareli's Unchahar.
Amethi police chief Anoop Kumar Singh said five police teams have been deployed to work on the case.
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UP: Five of family arrested for assaulting a cop during raid in Sultanpuri
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested five of a family for allegedly assaulting a police officer and snatching his service pistol during a raid in the Sultanpuri area, an official said on Wednesday.
The accused are Rajender (50), his sons Ritik (24), Sachin (29), Abhishek (26), and his daughter Komal (22).
The incident occurred on September 2, when a team from the Anti-Narcotics Task Force arrested Alka, wife of Rajender, for possession of heroin, police said.
During the raid, Alka's family members attacked a police officer with sticks and bricks and snatched his service pistol, mobile phone, and wallet. However, the officer managed to recover his service pistol, they said.
Police said that an FIR was registered and an investigation was launched.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the accused, absconding since the incident, from a flat in Raghubir Nagar in Delhi.
